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THE 

<U  ^-.   0  .  ~T. 

PENTATEUCH, 

•     , 

OR  THE  FIVE  BOOKS  OF  MOSES. 
(SCHOOL  AND  FAMILY  EDITION.) 


PUKLIHIIKI)    BY 


ADOLPH  MOSES  AND  ISAAC  S.  MOSKS. 


MILWAUKEE,  WIS. 

1884. 

PRICE,  30  CENTS. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1884,  by 

ADOLPH  MOSES  AND  ISAAC  S.  MOSES, 

In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Washington,  D.  c. 


QENESXtS,  • 


CALLED    THE    FIRST   BOOK '  OF   MOSES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

TN  the  beginning  God  created   the 
heaven  and  the  earth. 

2  And  the  earth  was  without  fornf, 
and  void  ;  and  darkness  was  upon  the 
face  of  the  deep.    And  the  spirit  of  God 
moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters. 

3  And  God  said,  Let  there  be  light: 
and  there  was  light. 

4  And  God  saw  the  light  that  it  was 
good,  and  God  divided  the  light  from 
the  darkness. 

5  And  God  called  the  light  Day,  and 
the  darkness  he  called  Night.     And 
it  was  evening  and  it  was  morning, 
the  first  day. 

6  And  God    said,  Let   there   be  a 
firmament  in  the  midst  of  the  waters, 
and  let  it  divide  the  waters  from  the 
waters. 

7  And  God  made  the  firmament,  and 


tree    yielding    fruit, 
was  in  itself,    after   his 


11  And  God  said,    Let   the    earth 
bring  forth  grass,  the  herb  yielding 
seed,  and  the  fruit  tree  yielding  fruit 
after  its  kind,  whose  seed  is  in  itself, 
upon  the  earth  :   and  it  was  so. 

12  And   the   earth    brought    forth 
grass,  and  herb  yielding  seed  after  his 
kind,    and    the 

whose  seed 

kind  :   and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

13  And  it  was  evening  and  it  was 
morning,  the  third  day. 

14  And  God  said,  Let  there  be  lights 
in  the   firmament  of  the   heaven   to 
divide  the  day  from  the  night ;  and 
let  them  be  for  signs,  and  for  seasons, 
and  for  days,  and  years  : 

15  And  let  them  be  for  lights  in  the 
firmament  of  the  heaven  to  give  light 
upon  the  earth  :   and  it  was  so. 

16  And  God  made  two  great  lights  ; 


divided  the  waters  which  were  under  j  the  greater  light  to  rule  the  day,  and 
the  firmament  from  the  waters  which   the  lesser,  light  to  rule  the  night :    he 
the   firmament :    and    it 


were   above 
was  so. 

8  And    God    called   the 
Heaven.     And  it  was  evening  and  it 
was  morning,  the  second  day. 


made  the  stars  also. 

17  And  God  set  them  in  the  firnia- 
firmament  j  ment  of  the  heaven  to  give  light  upon 

the  earth. 

18  And  to  rule  over  the   day  and 


9  And  God  said,  Let  the  waters  un-   over  the  night,  and  to  divide  the  light 


der  the  heaven  be  gathered  together 
unto  one  place,  and  let  the  dry  land 
appear  :  and  it  was  so. 

10  And   God   called   the  dry  land 
Earth  ;  and  the  gathering  together  of 


the  waters  called  he  Sea 
saw  that  it  was  good. 


and  God 


from  the  darkness  :  and  God  saw  that 
it  was  good. 

19  And  it  was  evening  and  it  was 
morning,  the  fourth  day. 

20  And  God  said,   Let  the  waters 


bring   forth    abundantly  the 


A    I  O  °  O^T  a 


ture 


movng 
tnat 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  II. 


may  fly  above  the  earth  in  the  open 
firmament  of  heaven, 

21  And  God  created  great  whales, 
and  evuy  living  creature  that  rnoveth, 
which  the  waters  broaght  forth  abun- 
dantly,  after  their  kind,    and    every 
winged  fowl  after  his  kind  :   and  God 
saw  that  it  was  good. 

22  And  God  blessed  them,   saying, 
Be  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  fill  the 
waters  in  the  seas,  and  let  fowl  mul- 
tiply on  the  earth. 

23  And  it  was  evening  and  it  was 
morning,  the  fifth  day. 

24  And  God   said,    Let   the  earth 
bring  forth  the  living  creature  after 
his  kind,  cattle,  and  creeping  things, 
and   beasts   of   the    earth    after   his 
kind  :   and  it  was  so  : 

25  And  God  made  the  beast  of  the 
earth  after  his  kind,   and  cattle  after 
their   kind,    and    every    thing    that 
creepeth    upon   the    earth   after   his 
kind  :  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

26  And  God  said,  Let  us  make  man 
in  our  image,  after  our  likeness  :   and 
let  them  have  dominion  over  the  fish 
of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the 
air,  and  over  the  cattle,  and  over  all 
the   earth,   and  over  every   creeping 
thing  that  creepeth  upon  the  earth. 

27  So  God  created  man  in  his  own 
image,  in  the  image  of  God  created  he 
him ;    male    and  female   he  created 
them. 

28  And  God  blessed  them,  and  God 
said  unto  them,  Be  fruitful  and  mul- 
tiply and  replenish  the  earth,  and  sub- 
due it :  and  have  dominion  over  the 
fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of 
the  air,  and  over  every  living  thing 
that  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

29  And  God  said,  Behold,  I  have 
given  you  every  herb  bearing   seed, 
which  is  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth, 


!  and  every  tree,  in  the  which  is  the 
|  fruit  of  a  tree  yielding  seed  ;  to  you 
j  it  shall  be  for  meat. 

30  And  to  every  beast  of  the  earth, 
and  to  every  fowl  of  the  air,   and  to 
every   thing   that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth,  wherein   there  is  life,    I  have 
given   every  herb   for  meat :    and  it 
was  so. 

31  And  God  saw  every  thing  that 
he  had  made,  and,  behold,  it  was  very 
good.     And  it  was  evening  and  it  was 
morning,  the  sixth  day. 

CHAPTER  II. 

'THUS  the   heavens  and  the  earth 
were  finished,  and  all  their  host. 

2  And    on    the    seventh    day    God 
ended  his  work  which  he  had  made  ; 
and  he  rested  on  the  seventh  day  from 
all  his  work  which  he  had  made. 

3  And  God  blessed  the  seventh  day, 
and  sanctified  it :  because  that  in  it  he 
had  rested  from  all  his  work  which 
God  created  and  made. 

4  These  are  the  generations  of  the 
heavens  and  of  the  earth  when  they 
were    created,    in   the    day   that  the 
LORD  God  made  the  earth  and  the 
heavens. 

5  And  every  plant  of  the  field  before 
it  was  in  the  earth,  and  every  herb  of 
the  field  before  it  grew  :   for  the  LORD 
God  had  not  caused  it  to  rain  upon 
the  earth,  and  there  was  not  a  man  to 
till  the  ground. 

6  But  there  went  up  a  mist  from 
the  earth,  and  watered  the  whole  face 
of  the  ground. 

7  And  the  LORD  God  formed  man 
of  the  dust  of  the  ground,  he  breathed 
into  him  the  breath  of  life  ;  and  man 
became  a  living  soul. 

8  And    the   LORD   God   planted  a 


CHAPTER  III. 


GENESIS. 


garden  eastward  in  Eden  ;   and  there 
he  put  the  man  whom  he  had  formed. 

9  And  out  of  the  ground  made  the 
LORD  God  to  grow  every  tree  that  is 
pleasant  to  the   sight,   and   good  for 
food ;    the  tree  of   life   also  in   the 
midst  of  the  garden,  and  the  tree  of 
knowledge  of  good  and  evil. 

10  And  a  river  went  out  of  Eden  to 
water  the  garden  ;  and  from  thence  it 
was   parted,    and    became    into    four 
heads. 

11  The  name  of  the  first  is  Pison : 
that  is  it  which  compasseth  the  whole 
land    of    Havilah,    where    there    i» 
gold; 

12  And  the   gold  of   that  land  is 
good  :   there  is  bdellium  and  the  onix 
stone. 

13  And  the  name  of  the  second  river 
is  Grihon  :  the  same  is  it  that  compas- 
seth the  whole  land  of  Ethiopia. 

14  And  the  name  of  the  third  river 
is  Hiddekel :    that  is  it  which  goeth 
toward  the  east  of  Assyria.     And  the 
fourth  river  is  Euphrates. 

15  And   the   LORD   God  took  the 
man,  and  put  him  into  the  garden  of 
Eden  to  work  in  it  and  to  keep  it. 

16  And  the  LORD  God  commanded 
the  man,  saying,  Of  every  tree  of  the 
garden  thou  mayest  freely  eat : 

17  But  of  the  tree  of  the  knowledge 
of  good  and  evil,  thou  shalt  not  eat  of 
it ;    for  in  the  day  that  thou   eatest 
thereof,  thou  shalt  surely  die. 

18  And  the  LORD  God  said,  It  is 
not    good    that   the   man    should    be 
alone :  I  will  make  him  a  help  meet 
for  him. 

19  And  out  of  the  ground  the  LORD 
God  formed  every  beast  of  the  field, 
and  every  fowl  of  the  air ;  and  brought 
them  unto  Adam  to  see  what  he  would 
call    them:    and    whatsoever    Adam 


|  called  every  living  creature,  that  was 
|  the  name  thereof. 

j  20  And  Adam  gave  names  to  all 
i  cattle,  aiid  to  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and 
I  to  every  beast  of  the  field ;  but  for 
i  Adam  there  was  not  found  a  help 
I  meet  for  him. 

21  And  the  LORD  God  caused  a  deep 
sleep  to  fall  upon  Adam,  and  he  slept  p 
and  he  took  one  of  his  ribs,  and  closed 
up  the  flesh  instead  thereof. 

22  And  the  rib,   which  the  LORD 
God  had  taken  from  man,  made  he  a 
woman,    and    brought   her  unto   the 
man. 

23  And    Adam   said,    This  is  now 
bone  of  my  bones  and   flesh  of  my 
flesh :  she  shall  be  called  Woman,  be- 
cause she  was  taken  out  of  man. 

24  Therefore  shall  a  man  leave  his 
father  and  his  mother,  and  shall  cleave 

I  unto  his  wife :  and  they  shall  be  one 

j  person. 

i    25  And  they  were  both  naked,  the 

man   and    his    wife,    and    were    not 

ashamed. 

CHAPTER  HI. 

the  serpent  was  more  subtile 
than  any  beast  of  the  field  which 
the  LORD  God  had  made.  And  he 
said  unto  the  woman,  Yea,  hath  God 
said,  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  every  tree  of 
the  garden  ? 
2  And  the  woman  said  unto  the 

|  serpent,  We  may  eat  of  the  fruit  of 
the  trees  of  the  garden : 

|    3  But  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  which 

i  is  in  the  midst  of  the  garden,  God 
hath   said,   Ye  shall  not   eat   of   it, 

i  neither  shall  ye  touch  it,  lest  ye  die. 

I    4  And   the    serpent   said  unto  the 

i  woman,  Ye  shall  not  die  : 

j    5  For  God  doth  know  that  in  the 

'  day  ye  eat   thereof,   then  your  eyes 


6 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


shall  be  opened,  and  ye  'shall  be  as 
gods,  knowing  good  and  evil. 

0  And  when  the  woman  saw  that  the 
tree  was  good  for  food,  and  .that  it 


thy  wife,  and  hast  eaten  of  the  tree, 
of  which  I  commanded  thee,  saying, 
Thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it :  cursed  is  the 
ground  for  thy  sake ;  in  sorrow  shalt 


was  pleasant  to  the  eyes,  and  a  tree  |  thou  eat  of  it  all  the  days  of  thy  life ; 
to  be  desired  to  make  one  wise,  she  i    17  Thorns  also  and  thistles  shall  it 
took  of  the  fruit  thereof,  and  did  eat,  j  bring  forth  to  thec ;    and  thou  shalt 
and  gave  also  unto  her  husband  with  j  eat  the  herb  of  the  field : 
her;  and  he  did  eat.  18  In  the  sweat   of  thy  face  ghalt 

7  And  the  eyes  of  them  both  were  |  thou  eat  bread>  till  thou  return  unto 
opened,  and  they  knew  that  they  were  ,  the  ground  ;   for  out  of  it  wast  thou 
naked;  and  they  sewed  fig  leaves  to-    taken:    for  dust  thou  artj   and  unfco 
gether,  and  made  themselves  aprons.    dust  shalfc  thou  return. 

8  And  they  heard  the  voice  of  the  |    19  And    Adam    called 
LORD  God  walking  in  the  garden  in 

the  cool  of  the  day :  and  Adam  and 
his  wife  hid  themselves  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  LORD  God  amongst  the 
trees  of  the  garden. 

9  And  the  LORD  God  called  unto 


his 


Adam,  and  said  unto  him,  Where  art 


wife's 

name    Eve ;     because    she    was    the 
mother  of  all  living. 

20  Unto  Adam  also  and  to  his  wife 
did  the  LORD  God  show  how  to  make 
coats  of  skins,  and  clothed  them. 

21  And  the  LORD  God  said,  Behold, 


the  man  is  become  as  one  of  us,  to 

10  And  he  said,  I  heard  thy  voice  in   know  g°°d  and  evil :  and  now,  lest  he 
the  garden,  and  I  was  afraid,  because   Put  forth  hls  hand>  and  take  also  of 
I  was  naked ;  and  I  hid  myself.  I the  tree  of  llfe>  and  eat>  and  live  for 

11  And  he  said,  Who  told  thee  that 
thou  wast  naked  ?  Hast  thou  eaten  of 
thp  tree,  whereof  I  commanded  thee 
that  thou  shouldest  not  eat  ? 

12  And  the  man  said,  The  woman 
whom  thou  gavest  to  be  with  me,  she 
gave  me  of  the  tree,  and  I  did  eat. 

13  And  the  LORD  God  said  unto  the 
woman,  What  is  this  that  thou  hast 


ever: 

22  Therefore  the  LORD  God  sent 
him  forth  from  the  garden  of  Eden,  to 
till  the  ground  from  whence  he  was 
taken. 

23  So  he  drove  out  the  man:    and 
he  placed  at  the  east  of  the  garden  of 
Eden  cherubim,  and  a  flaming  sword 
which  turned  every  way,  to  guard  the 


done  ?  And  the  woman  said,  The  ser-   way  to  the  tree  of  life, 
pent  beguiled  me,  and  I  did  eat. 

14  And  the  LORD  God  said  unto  the 
serpent,  Because  thou  hast  done  this, 
thou  art  cursed  above  all  cattle,  and 
above  every  beast  of  the  field. 


15  Unto  the  woman  he  said,  I  will 
greatly  multiply  thy  sorrow ;  in  sorrow 
shalt  thou  bring  up  children. 

16  And  unto  Adam  he  said,  Because 


CHAPTER  IV. 

A  ND  Eve  bare  a  son  and  she  called 
him  Cain,  and  then  she  again  bare 
his  brother  Abel.     And  Abel  was  a 


keeper  of  sheep,  but  Cain  was  a  tiller 
of  the  ground. 

2  And  in  process  of  time  it  came  to 
pass,  that  Cain  brought  of  the  fruit  of 


thou  has  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  i  the  ground  an  offering  unto  the  LORD. 


CHAPTER  V. 


GENESIS. 


3  And  Abel,  he  also  brought  of  the 
firstlings  of  his  flock  and  of  the  fat 
thereof.     And  the  LORD  had  respect 
unto  Abel  and  to  his  offering : 

4  But  unto  Cain  and  to  his  offering 
he  had  not  respect.     And  Cain  was 
very  wroth,  and  his  countenance  fell. 

5  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Cain, 
Why  art  thou  wroth  ?  and  why  is  thy 
countenance  fallen  ? 

6  If  thou  doest  well,  shalt  thou  not 
be  accepted  ?   and  if  thou  doest  not 
well,  sin  lieth  at  the  door :    and  unto 
thee  is  its  desire,  and  thou  shalt  rule 
over  it. 

7  And  Cain  talked  with  Abel  his 
brother:  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
were  in  the  field,  that  Cain  rose  up 
against   Abel   his   brother,  and  slew 
him. 

8  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Cain, 
Where  is  Abel  thy  brother  ?    And  he 
said,  I  know  not:  Am  I  my  brother's 
keeper  ? 

9  And    he    said,    What   hast   thou 
done  ?  the  voice  of  thy  brother's  blood 
crieth  unto  me  from  the  ground. 

10  And  now  art  thou  cursed  from 
the    earth,    which   hath   opened   her 
mouth  to  receive  thy  brother's  blood 
from  thy  hand. 


14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  him, 
Therefore  whosoever  slayeth  Cain, 
vengeance  shall  be  taken  on  him  twice 
sevenfold.  And  the  LORD  set  a  mark 
upon  Cain,  lest  any  finding  him  should 
kill  him. 

CHAPTER  V. 

A  ND  Cain  went  out  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  LORD,  and  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  Nod,  on  the  east  of  Eden. 

2  And   Cain   had   a   son,    Enoch : 
and  he  built  a  city,   and  called  the 
name  of  the  city  after  the  name  of 
his  son  Enoch. 

3  And  unto  Enoch  was  born  Irad : 
and  unto  Irad  Mchujael:    and  unto 
Mchujael  Methusael :  and  Methusael's 
son  was  Lamech. 

4  And  Lamech  took  unto  him  two 
wives :  the  name  of  the  one  was  Adah, 
and  the  name  of  the  other  Zillah. 

5  And  Adah  bare  Jabel:    he  was 
the  father  of  such  as  dwell  in  tents, 
and  of  such  as  have  cattle. 

6  And  his  brother's  name  was  Ju- 
bal :  he  was  the  father  of  all  such  as 
handle  the  harp  and  organ. 

7  And  Zillah,  she  also  bare  Tubal- 
cain,  an  instructor  of  every  artificer  in 


11  When  thou  tillest  the  ground,  it  brass  and  iron :  and  the  sister  of  Tu' 
shall  not  henceforth  yield  unto  thee  I  bal-cam  was  Naamah. 
her  strength ;  a  fugitive  and  a  wan- 
derer shalt  thou  be  in  the  earth. 


8  And  Lamech  said  unto  his  wives: 
Adah  and  Zillah,  hear  my  voice  ; 
12  And  Cain  said  unto  the  LORD,    wive«  of  Lamech,  listen  to  my  speech  ; 


My  punishment  is  greater  than  I  can 
bear. 

13  Behold,  thou  hast  driven  me  out 
this  day  from  the  face  of  the  earth ; 
and  from  thy  face  shall  I  be  hid ;  and 
I  shall  be  a  fugitive  and  a  wanderer 


I  slay  a  man  for  wounding  me, 
a  youth  for  inflicting  a  stripe. 
Lo,  Cain  would  be  avenged  twice  seven- 
fold, 
but  Lamech  seventy -sevenfold. 

9  And   to  Adam  another  son   was 
born,  and  Eve  called  his  name  Seth  : 


in  the  earth  ;    and  it  shall  come  to  For  God,  said  she,  hath  appointed  me 


pass,  that  every  one  that  findeth  me 
shall  slay  me. 


another  child  instead  of  Abel,  whom 
Cain  slew. 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  VI. 


10  And  to  Seth  also  was  born  a  son ; 
and  he  called  his  name  Enosh ;   then 
began  men  to  call  upon  the  name  of 
the  LORD. 

11  This  is  the  Book  of  the  genera- 
tions of  Adam.     In  the  day  that  God 
created  man,  in  the  likeness  of  God 
made  he  him  ; 

12  Male  and  female  created  he  them; 
and   blessed  them,   and  called  their 
name  Adam,  in  the  day  when  they 
were  created. 

13  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
Adam:  Adam,  Seth,  Enosh,  Kenan, 
Mahalaleel,  Jared,  Enoch,  Methuse- 
lah, Lamech. 

14  And  Enoch  walked  with  God:  and 
he  was  no  more,  for  God  took  him. 

15  And  Lamech  had  a  son,  and  he 
called  his  name  Noah,  saying,  This  same 
shall  comfort  us  concerning  our  work 
and  toil  of  our  hands,  because  of  the 
ground  which  the  LORD  hath  cursed. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

are  the  generations  of 
Noah :  Noah  was  a  just  man  and 
perfect  in  his  generations,  and  Noah 
walked  with  God. 

2  And  Noah  had  three  sons,  Shem, 
Ham  and  Japheth. 

3  And  God  saw  that  the  wickedness 
of  man  was  great  in  the  earth,  and 
that  every  imagination  of  the  thoughts 
of  his  heart  was  only  evil  continually. 

4  The  earth  also  was  corrupt  before 
God ;   and  the  earth  was  filled  with 
violence. 

5  And  God  looked  upon  the  earth, 
and  behold,  it  was  corrupt ;  for  all  flesh 
had  corrupted  his  way  upon  the  earth. 

6  And    God    said,    I  will    destroy 
man,  whom  I  have  created,  from  the 
face  of  the  earth ;    both  man,   and 
beast,  and  the  creeping  things,  and  the 


fowls  of  the  air ;  for  it  repenteth  me 
that  I  have  made  them. 

7  But  Noah  found  grace  in  the  eyes 
of  the  LORD. 

8  And  God  said  unto  Noah,   The 
end  of  all  flesh  is  come  before  me ; 
for  the  earth  is  filled  with  violence 
through  them;    and,   behold,   I  will 
destroy  them  from  the  earth. 

9  Make  thee  an  ark  of  gopher  wood ; 
rooms  shalt  thou  make  in  the  ark,  and 
shalt  pitch  it  within  and  without  with 
pitch. 

10  And  this  is  the  fashion  in  which 
thou  shalt  make  it:    The  length  of 
the  ark  shall  be  three  hundred  cubits, 
the  breadth  of  it  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
height  of  it  thirty  cubits. 

11  A  window  shalt  thou  make  to  the 
ark,  and  in  a  cubit  shalt  thou  finish  it 
above  ;  and  the  door  of  the  ark  shalt 
thou  set  in  the   side  thereof;    with 
lower,  second  and  third  stories  shalt 
thou  make  it. 

12  And  behold,  I,  even  I,  do  bring 
a  flood  of  waters  upon  the  earth,  to 
destroy  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the  breath 
of  life,  from  under  heaven  ;  and  every 
thing  that  is  in  the  earth  shall  die. 

13  But  with  thee  will  I  establish  my 
covenant;    and  thou  shalt  come  into 
the  ark,  thou,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
sons'  wives  with  thee. 

14  And  of  every  living  thing  of  all 
flesh,   two  of   every  sort  shalt  thou 
bring  into  the  ark,  to  keep  them  alive 
with  thee;    they  shall  be  male  and 
female. 

15  Of  fowls  after  their  kind,  and  of 
cattle  after  their  kind,  of  every  creep- 
ing thing  of  the  earth  after  his  kind ; 
two  of  every  sort  shall  come  unto  thee, 
to  keep  them  alive. 

16  And  take  thou  unto  thee  of  all 
food   that  is  eaten,   and  thou  shalt 


CHAPTER  VII. 


GENESIS. 


9 


gather  it  to  thee ;  and  it  shall  be  for 
food  for  thee,  and  for  them. 

1 7  Thus  did  Noah ;  according  to  all 
that  God  commanded  him,   so  did  he. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  said   unto  Noah, 
Come  thou  and  all  thy  house  into 
the  ark ;  for  thee  have  I  seen  righteous 
before  me  in  this  generation. 

2  For  yet  seven   days,    and  I   will 
cause  it  to  rain  upon  the  earth  forty 
days  and  forty  nights ;   and  every  liv- 
ing substance  that  I  have  made  will  I 
destroy  from  off  the  face  of  the  earth. 

3  And  Noah  did  according  unto  all 
that  the  LORD  commanded  him. 

4  And  Noah  was  six  hundred  years 
old  when  the  flood  of  waters  was  upon 
the  earth : 

5  And  Noah  went  in,  and  his  sons, 
and  his  wife,  and  his  sons'  wives  with 
him,   into  the   ark,    because   of   the 
waters  of  the  flood. 

6  Of  clean  beasts,  and  of  beasts  that 
are  not  clean,  and  of  fowls,  and  of 
every  thing  that  creepeth   upon  the 
earth. 

7  There  went  in  two  and  two  unto 
Noah  into  the  ark,  the  male  and  the 
female,  as  God  had  commanded  Noah. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  after  seven 
days,  that  the  waters  of  the  flood  were 
upon  the  earth. 

9  In    the    six    hundredth  year    of 
Noah's  life,  in  the  second  month,  the 
seventeenth   day  of   the  month,   the 
same  day  were  all  the  fountains  of  the 
great  deep  broken  up,  and  the  win- 
dows of  heaven  were  opened. 

10  And  the  rain  was  upon  the  earth 
forty  days  and  forty  nights. 

11  In    the    selfsame    day    entered 
Noah,  and  Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Ja- 
phet,  the  sons  of  Noah,  and  Noah's 


wife,  and  the  three  wives  of  his  sons 
with  them,  into  the  ark ; 

12  They,  and  every  beast  after  his 
I  kind,  and  all  the  cattle   after  their 

kind,  and  every  creeping  thing  that 
I  creepeth  upon  the  earth  after  his  kind, 
j  and  every  fowl  after  his  kind,  every 
I  bird  of  every  sort. 

13  And  they  went  in  unto  Noah  into 
the   ark,    two  and   two  of  all  flesh, 
wherein  is  the  breath  of  life. 

14  And  they  that  went  in,  went  in 
male  and  female  of  all  flesh,  as  God 
had  commanded  him :  and  the  LORD 

|  shut  him  in. 

15  And   the   flood   was  forty  days 
I  upon  the  earth ;    and  the  waters  in- 
creased, and  bore  up  the  ark,  and  it 
was  lifted  up  above  the  earth. 

16  And  the  waters  prevailed,  and 
were  increased  greatly  upon  the  earth ; 
and  the  ark  went  upon  the  face  of  the 
waters. 

17  And  the  waters  prevailed  exceed- 
•  ingly   upon   the    earth ;    and  all  the 

high  hills,  that  were  under  the  whole 
heaven,  were  covered. 

18  Fifteen   cubits   upward  did  the 
waters  prevail;    and   the   mountains 
were  covered. 

19  And  all  flesh  died  that  moved 
i  upon  the  earth,  both  of  fowl,  and  of 
|  cattle,   and  of   beast,    and  of   every 
i  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 

earth,  and  every  man : 

20  All  in  whom  was  the  breath  of 
life,  of  all  that  was  in  the  dry  land,  died. 

21  And  every  living  substance  was 
destroyed  which  was  upon  the  face  of 
the  ground,  both  man,  and  cattle,  and 
the  creeping  things,  and  the  fowl  of 
the  heaven ;  and  they  were  destroyed 
from  the  earth :    and  Noah  only  re- 
mained alive,  and  they  that  were  with 
him  in  the  ark. 


10  GENESIS. 

22  And  the  waters  prevailed  upon 
the  earth  a  hundred  and  fifty  days. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

A  ND  G-od  remembered  Noah,  and 

every    living   thing,    and  all  the 

cattle  that  was  with  him  in  the  ark : 

and  God  made  a  wind  to  pass  over  the 

earth,  and  the  waters  assuaged ; 

2  The  fountains  also  of  the  deep  and 
the  windows  of  heaven  were  stopped, 
and   the    rain  from   heaven   was  re- 
strained. 

3  And  the  waters  returned  from  off 
the    earth   continually,   and  the   ark 
rested  in  the  seventh  month,  on  the 
seventeenth  day  of  the  month,  upon 
the  mountains  of  Ararat. 

4  And  the  waters  decreased  contin- 
ually until  the  tenth  month:    in  the 
tenth  month,  on  the  first  day  of  the 
month,  were  the  tops  of  the  mountains 
seen. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
forty    days,    that   Noah    opened    the 
window  of  the  ark  which  he  had  made : 

6  And  he  sent  forth  a  raven,  which 
went  forth  to  and  fro,  until  the  waters 
were  dried  up  from  off  the  earth. 

7  Also  he   sent  forth  a  dove  from 
him,  to  see  if  the  waters  were  abated 
from  off  the  face  of  the  ground. 

8  But  the  dove  found  no  rest  for  the 
sole  of  her  foot,  and  she  returned  unto 
him  into  the  ark  ;   for  the  waters  were 
on  the  face  of  the  whole  earth.    Then 
he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  her,  and 
brought  her  in  unto  him  into  the  ark. 

9  And   he   stayed  yet  other  seven 
days ;    and  again   he   sent  forth  the 
dove  out  of  the  ark. 

10  And  the  dove  came  in  to  him  in 
the   evening,    and,   lo,   in  her  mouth 
was  an  olive  leaf  plucked  off:  so  Noah 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


knew   that   the   waters  were  abated 
from  off  the  earth. 

11  And  he  stayed  yet  other  seven 
days,  and  sent  forth  the  dove,  which 
returned  not  again  unto  him  any  more. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  six 
hundredth  and  first  year,  in  the  first 
month,  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the 
waters  were  dried  up  from  off  the  earth, 
and  Noah  removed  the  covering  of  the 
ark,  and  looked,  and,  behold,  the  face 
of  the  ground  was  dry. 

13  And  in  the  second  month,  on  the 
seven  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month, 
was  the  earth  dried. 

1 4  And  God  spake  unto  Noah,  saying, 

15  Go  forth  of  the  ark,  thou,  and 
thy  wife,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  sons' 
wives  with  thee. 

16  Bring  forth  with  thee  every  living 
thing  that  is  with  thee,  of  all  flesh, 
both  of  fowl,  and  of  cattle,  and  of 
every  creeping   thing   that   creepeth 
upon  the  earth ;  that  they  may  grow 
abundantly  in  the  earth,  and  be  fruit- 
ful, and  multiply  upon  the  earth. 

17  And  Noah  went  forth,  and  his 
sons,  and  his  wife,  and  his  sons'  wives 
with  him : 

1 8  Every  beast,  every  creeping  thing, 
and  every  fowl,  and  whatsoever  creep- 
eth upon  the  earth,  after  their  kinds, 
went  forth  out  of  the  ark. 

19  And  Noah  builded  an  altar  unto 
the  LORD  ;    and  took  of  every  clean 
beast,  and  of  every  clean  fowl,  and 
offered  burnt  offerings  on  the  altar. 

20  And  the  LORD  was  pleased,  and 
said,  I  will  not  again  curse  the  ground 
any   more    for  man's  sake;    for  the 
imagination    of  man's   heart   is   evil 
from  his  youth ;  neither  will  I  again 
smite  any  more  every  thing  living,  as 
I  have  done. 

21  While  the  earth  remaineth,  seed- 


CHAPTEB  IX-X. 


GENESIS. 


11 


CHAPTER  IX. 
j^ND    God   blessed   Noah 


time  and  harvest,  and  cold  and  heat,  |  me  and  you,  and  every  living  creature 
and  summer  and  winter,  and  day  and  j  that  is  with  you,  for  perpetual  gen- 
night  shall  not  cease.  |  erations : 

11  I  do  set  my  bow  in  the  cloud, 
|  and  it  shall  be  for  a  token  of  a  cov- 
and  his  ;  enant  between  me  and  the  earth. 

sons,  and  said  unto  them,  Be  12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  replenish  i  I  bring  a  cloud  over  the  earth,  that 
the  earth.  the  bow  shall  be  seen  in  the  cloud  : 

2  And  the  fear  of  you  and  the  dread      13  And  I   will   remember  my  cov- 
of  you  shall  be  upon  every  beast  of  enant,  which  is  between  me  and  you 
the  earth,  and  upon  every  fowl  of  the  ;  and  every  living  creature  of  all  flesh ; 
air,    upon  all  that  moveth  upon  the  j  and  the  waters  shall  no  more  become 
earth,  and  upon  all  the  fishes  of  the  |  a  flood  to  Destroy  all  flesh. 

sea ;  into  your  hand  are  they  delivered.  |    14  And   Noah  began  to  be  a  hua- 

3  Every  moving  thing   that    liveth  j  bandman,  and  he  planted  a  vineyard : 
shall  be  meat  for  vou:    even  as  the 


green  herb  have  I  given  you  all  things. 

4  But   flesh    with  the  life  thereof, 
which  is  the  blood  thereof,   shall  ye 
not  eat. 

5  And   surely  your  blood    of   your 
lives  will  I  require :    at  the  hand  of 


15  And  he  drank  of  the  wine,   and 
was  drunken  ;   and  he  lay  unconscious 
within  his  tent. 

16  And  Ham,  the  father  of  Canaan, 
saw  his  father  in  that  state,  and  told 
his  two  brethren  without. 

17  And  Shem  and  Japheth  took  a 


every  beast  will  I  require  it,  and  at  garment,  and  laid  it  upon  both  their 
the  hand  of  man ;  at  the  hand  of  every  |  shoulders,  and  went  backward,  and 
man's  brother  will  I  require  the  life  of  j  covered  their  father;  and  their  faces 

were  backward,    and    they    saw    not 

their  father's  disgrace. 
17  And  Noah  awoke  from  his  wine, 

and  knew  what  his  younger  son  had 

done  unto  him. 

19  And   he   said,    Blessed    be   the 
LORD    God    of   Shem ;    and  Canaan 
shall  be  his  servant. 

20  Grod  shall  enlarge  Japheth,  and 
he  shall  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Shem ; 
and  Canaan  shall  be  his  servant. 

CHAPTER  X. 

A  ND  the  whole  earth  was  of  one 


man. 

6  Whoso  sheddeth  man's  blood,  by 
man  shall  his  blood  be  shed :    for  in 
the  image  of  God  made  he  man, 

7  And  I,    behold,    I    establish    my 
covenant   with   you,    and    with    your 
children  after  you : 

8  And   with   every    living   creature 
that  is  with  you,  of  the  fowl,   of  the 
cattle,  and  of  every  beast  of  the  earth 
with  you  ;  from  all  that  go  out  of  the 
ark,  to  every  beast  of  the  earth. 

9  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant 
with  you;    neither  shall  all  flesh  be 
cut  off  any  more  by  the  waters  of  a 
flood ;  neither  shall  there  any  more  be 
a  flood  to  destroy  the  earth. 

10  And  God  said,  This  is  the  token 
of  the  covenant  which  I  make  between 


•4-*.    1__ 


language,  and  of  one  speech. 
2  And    it   came    to   pass,    as   they 
journeyed    from  the  east,   that  they 
found  a  plain  in  the  land  of  Shinar : 
and  thev  dwelt  there. 


12 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XI-XII. 


3  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Go 
to,  let  us  make  brick,  and  burn  them 
thoroughly.     And  they  had  brick  for 
stone,  and  slime  had  they  for  mortar. 

4  And  they  said,  G-o  to,  let  us  build 
us  a  city,  and  a  tower,  whose  top  may 
reach  unto  heaven ;  and  let  us  make 
us  a  name,  lest  we  be  scattered  abroad 
upon  the  face  of  the  whole  earth. 

5  And  the  LORD  saw  the  city  and 
the  tower,  which  the  children  of  men 
had  built. 

6  And  the  LORD  said,  Behold,  the 
people  is  one,  and  they  have  all  one 
language ;  and  this  they  begin  to  do : 
and  now  nothing  will  be  restrained 
from  them,  which  they  have  imagined 
to  do. 

7  Go  to,  let  us  confound  their  lan- 
guage, that  they  may  not  understand 
one  anothers's  speech. 

8  So  the  LORD  scattered  them  abroad 
from  thence  upon  the  face  of  all  the 
earth:  and  they  left  off  to  build  the 
city. 

9  Therefore  is  the  name  of  it  called 
Babel:  because  the  LORD  did  there 
confound  the  language  of  all  the  earth : 
and  from  thence  did  the  LORD  scatter 
them  abroad  upon  the  face  of  all  the 
earth. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

THESE  are  the  generations  of  Shem : 
Shem,  Arphaxad,  Selah,  Eber,  Pe- 
leg,  Reu,  Serug,  Nahor;  andNahor's 
son  was  Terah. 

2  And  Terah  had  three  sons:  Abram, 
Nahor,  and  Haran;    and  the  son  of 
Haran  was  Lot. 

3  And  Haran  died  before  his  father 
Terah  in  the  land  of  his  nativity,  in 
Ur  of  the  Chaldees. 

4  And  Abram  and  Nahor  took  them 
wives :  the  name  of  Abram' s  wife  was 


Sarai ;  and  the  name  of  Nahor' s  wife, 
Milcah,  the  daughter  of  Haran,  the 
father  of  Milcah,  and  the  father  of 
Iscah.  But  Sarai  had  no  child. 

5  And  Terah  took  Abram  his  son, 
and  Lot,  the  son  of  Haran,  his  son's 
son,  and  Sarai  his  daughter  in  law, 
his  son  Ab ram's  wife ;  and  they  went 
forth  with  them  from  Ur  of  the  Chal- 
dees, to  go  into  the  land  of  Canaan  ; 
and  they  came  unto  Haran,  and  dwelt 
there,  and  Terah  died  in  Haran. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  said  unto  Abram, 
Get  thee  out  of  thy  country,  and 
from  thy  kindred,  and  from  thy  fath- 
er's house,   unto  a   land  that  I  will 
shew  thee : 

2  And  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great 
nation,    and   I   will  bless  thee,    and 
make  thy  name  great ;  and  thou  shalt 
be  a  blessing : 

3  And  I  will  bless  them  that  bless 
thee,  and  curse  him  that  curseth  tRee : 
and  in  thee  shall  all  families  of  the 

i  earth  be  blessed. 

I  4  So  Abram  departed,  as  the  LORD 
i  had  spoken  unto  him ;  and  Lot  went 
j  with  him :  and  Abram  was  seventy 

and  five  years  old  when  he  departed 

out  of  Haran. 

5  And  Abram  took  Sarai  his  wife, 
and  Lot  his  brother's  son,    and    all 
their  substance  that  they  had  gathered, 
and  the  souls  that  they  had  gotten  in 
Haran;    and  they  went  forth  to  go 
into  the  land  of  Canaan ;  and  into  the 
land  of  Canaan  they  came. 

6  And  Abram   passed  through  the 
land  unto  the  place  of  Shechem,  unto 
the  oak  of  Moreh.     And  the  Cana- 
anite  was  then  in  the  land. 

7  And    the    LORD    appeared    unto 
Abram,  and  said,  Unto  thy  children 


CHAPTER  XIII. 


GENESIS. 


13 


will  I  give  this  land:  and  there  he 
builded  an  altar  unto  the  LORD,  who 
appeared  unto  him. 

8  And  he  removed  from  thence  unto 
a  mountain  on  the  east  of  Beth-el,  and 
pitched  his  tent,  having  Beth-el  on  the 
west,  and  Ai  on  the-  east :    and  there 
he  builded  an  altar  unto  the  LORD, 
and   called    upon   the   name    of    the 
LORD. 

9  And  Abram  journeyed,  going  on 
still  toward  the  south. 

10  And  there  was  a  famine  in  the 
land:    and   Abram    went   down   into 
Egypt  to  sojourn  there ;  for  the  famine 
was  grievous  in  the  land. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

[D  Abram  went  up  out  of  Egypt, 
he,  and  his  wife,  and  all  that  he 
had,  and  Lot  with  him,  into  the  south. 

2  And    Abram    was    very   rich   in 
cattle,  in  silver,  and  in  gold. 

3  And  he  went  on  his  journeys  from 
the  south  even  to  Beth-el,  unto  the 
place  where  his  tent  had  been  at  the 
beginning,  between  Beth-el  and  Ai ; 

4  Unto  the  place  of  the  altar,  which 
he  had  made  there  at  the  first :    and 
there  Abram  called  on  the  name  of  the 
LORD. 

5  And  Lot  also,   which  went  with 
Abram,  had  flocks,   and  herds,   and 
tents. 

6  And  the  land  was  not  able  to  bear 
them,  that  they  might  dwell  together : 
for  their  substance  was  great,  so  that 
they  could  not  dwell  together. 

7  Aud  there  was  a  strife  between  the 
herdmen  of  Abram 's  cattle  and  the 
herdmen  of  Lot's  cattle:  and  the  Ca- 
naanite  and  the  Perizzite  dwelt  then 
in  the  land. 

8  And  Abram  said  unto  Lot,   Let 
there  be  no  strife,  I  pray  thee,  between 


me  and  thee,  and  between  my  herdmen 
and  thy  herdmen ;  for  we  be  brethren. 

9  Is  not  the  whole  land  before  thee ; 
separate  thyself,  I  pray  thee,  from  me : 
if  thou  wilt  take  the  left  hand,  then  I 
will  go  to  the  right ;  or  if  thou  depart 
to  the  right,  then  I  will  go  to  the  left. 

10  And  Lot  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
beheld  all  the  plain  of  Jordan,  that  it 
was  well  watered  every  where,  before 
the  LORD  destroyed  Sodom  and  Go- 
morrah,  even  as  the  garden  of  the 
LORD,  like  the  land  of  Egypt,  as  thou 
comest  unto  Zoar. 

11  Then  Lot  chose  him  all  the  plain 
of  Jordan  ;    and  Lot  journeyed  east : 
and  they  separated  themselves  the  one 
from  the  other. 

12  Abram  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan, and  Lot  dwelt  in  the  cities  of 
the  plain,  and  pitched  his  tent  toward 
Sodom. 

13  But   the   men    of    Sodom   were 
wicked  and  sinners  before  the  LORD 
exceedingly. 

14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Abram, 
after  that  Lot  was  separated  from  him, 
Lift  up  now  thine  eyes,  and  look  from 
the  place  where  thou  art  northward, 
and  southward,    and   eastward,    and 
westward  : 

15  For  all  the  land  which  thou  seest, 
to  thee  will  I  give  it,  and  to  thy  chil- 
dren for  ever. 

16  And  I  will  make  thy  children  as 
the  dust  of  the  earth  :    so  that  if  a 
man  can  number  the  dust  of  the  earth, 
then  shall  they  also  be  numbered. 

17  Arise,  walk  through  the  land  in 
the  length  of  it  and  in  the  breadth  of 
it ;  for  I  will  give  it  unto  thee. 

18  Then  Abram  removed  his  tent, 
and  came  and  dwelt  in  the  grove  of 
Mamre,  which  is  in  Hebron,  and  built 
there  an  altar  unto  the  LORD. 


14 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XIV-XV. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 


A  ND  it  came  to  pass  that  Kedor- 
Laomer,  king  of  Elam,  made  war 
with  Bera,  king  of  Sodom. 

2  And  there  went  out  the  king  of  j  wag  the      iegt  Qf  ^  Mogt  m  hGU)(L 
Sodom,  and  the  king  of  Gomorrah,,    ^   Am1  -   HABB,  u- 


slaughter  of  Kedor-Laomer  and  of  the 
kings  that  were  with  him,  at  the  valley 
of  Shaveh,  which  is  the  king's  dale. 
11  And  Melchizedek  king  of  Salem 
brought  forth  bread  and  wine :  and  he 


and  the  king  of  Admah,  and  the  king 
of  Zeboiim,  and  the  king  of  Bela,  (the 
same  is  Zoar:)  and  they  joined  the 
battle  with  them  in  the  vale  of  Siddim, 
which  is  now  the  Salt  Sea. 

3  And  the  vale  of  Siddim  was  full 
of  slimepits ;  and  the  king  of  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah  fled,  and  fell  there; 
and  they  that  remained  fled  to  the 


12  And  he  blessed  him,   and  said, 
Blessed  be  Abram  of  the  Most  High 
God,  possessor  of  heaven  and  earth: 

13  And  blessed  be  the  Most  High 
God,  which  hath  delivered  thine  ene- 
mies into  thy  hand.    And  he  gave  him 
tithes  of  all. 

14  And  the  king  of  Sodom  said  unto 
Abram,    Give   me   the  persons,   and 
take  the  goods  to  thyself. 


15  And  Abram  said  to  the  king  of 

4  And  the  enemy  took  all  the  goods  |  Sodom,  I  have  lifted  up  mine  hand 
of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and  all  their  |  unto  the  LORD,  the  Most  High  God, 
victuals,  and  went  their  way.  the  possessor  of  heaven  and  earth, 

5  And  they  took  Lot,  Abram' s  broth-     16  That  1  will  not  take  from  a  thread 
er's  son,  who  dwelt  in  Sodom,  and  his  even  to  a  shoelatchet,  and  that  I  will 
goods  and  departed.  |  not  take  any  thing  that  is  thine,  lest 

6  And  there  came  one  that  had  es-  j  thou  shouldest  say,  I  have  made  Abram 
caped,  and  told  Abram  the  Hebrew ;  j  rich : 

for  he  dwelt  in  the  plain  of  Mamre  |  17  Save  only  that  which  the  young 
the  Amorite,  brother  of  Eshcol,  and  men  have  eaten,  and  the  portion  of 
brother  of  Aner :  and  these  were  con- !  the  men  which  went  with  me,  Aner, 


federate  with  Abram. 
7  And  when  Abram  heard  that  his 


Eshcol,   and  Mamre;    let  them  take 
their  portion. 


CHAPTER  XV. 


brother  was  taken  captive,  he  armed 
his  trained  servants,  born  in  his  own  | 
house,  three  hundred  and   eighteen,  ;   A  FTER  these  things  the  word  of  the 
and  pursued  them  unto  Dan.  LORD    came    unto   Abram   in    a 

8  And  he   divided   himself  against  vision,  saying,  Fear  not,   Abram:    I 
them,  he  and  his  servants,  by  night,  j  am  thy  shield,  thy  reward  shall  be  ex- 
and  smote  them,  and  pursued  them,  j  ceedingly  great, 
unto  Hobah,  which  is  on  the  left  hand  j    2  And  Abram  said,  LORD  GOD,  what 


of  Damascus. 


wilt  thou  give  me,  seeing  I  go  child- 


9  And  he  brought  back  all  the  goods,  |  less,  and  the  steward  of  my  house  is 
and  also  brought  again  his  brother  Lot,   this  Eliezer  of  Damascus  ? 
and  his  goods,  and  the  women  also,     3  And  Abram  said,  Behold,  to  me 


and  the  people. 


thou  hast  given  no  child :   and,  lo,  one 


10  And  the  king  of  Sodom  went  out !  born  in  my  house  is  mine  heir, 
to  meet  him,  after  his  return  from  the  |    4  And,  behold,  the  word  of  the  LORD 


CHAPTER  XVI. 


GENESIS. 


15 


came  unto  him,  saying,  This  one  shall 
not  be  thine  heir ;  but  thine  own  child 
shall  be  thine  heir. 

5  And  he  brought  him  forth  abroad, 
and  said,  Look  now  toward  heaven, 
and  count  the  stars,  if  thou  be  able  to 
number  them :  and  he  said  unto  him, 
So  shall  thy  offspring  be. 

6  And  he  believed  in  the  LORD  ;  and 
he  counted  it  to  him  for  righteousness. 

7  And  he  said  unto  him,  I  am  the 
LORD  that  brought  thee  out  of  Ur  of 
the  Chaldees,  to  give  thee  this  land  to 
inherit  it. 

8  And  he  said,  LORD  GOD,  whereby 
shall  I  know  that  I  shall  inherit  it? 

9  And  when  the  sun  was  going  down, 
a  deep  sleep  fell  upon  Abram  ;  and,  lo, 
a  horror  of  great  darkness  fell  upon  him. 

10  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Abram, 
Know  of  a  surety  that  thy  children 
shall  be  strangers  in  a  land  that  is  not 
theirs,  and  shall  serve  them ;   and  they 
shall  afflict  them  four  hundred  years  ; 

11  And  also  that  nation,  whom  they 
shall  serve,  will  I  judge:    and  after- 
ward shall  they  come  out  with  great 
substance. 

12  And  thou  shalt  go  to  thy  fathers 
in  peace ;    thou  shalt  be  buried  in  a 
good  old  age. 

13  But  in  the  fourth  generation  they 
shall  come  hither  again:    for  the  in- 
iniquity  of  the  Amorites  is  not  yet  full. 

14  In  that  same  day  the  LORD  made 
a  covenant  with  Abram,  saying,  Unto 
thy  children  have  I  given  this  land, 
from  the  river  of  Egypt  unto  the  great 
river,  the  river  Euphrates. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

Sarai,  Abram' s  wife,  bare  him 
no  children :  and  she  had  a  hand- 
maid, an  Egyptian,  whose  name  was 
Hagar. 


2  And  Sarai,   Abram's   wife,    took 
Hagar  her  maid  the  Egyptian,  after 
Abram  had  dwelt  ten  years  in  the  land 
of  Canaan,  and  gave  her  to  her  hus- 
band Abram  to  be  his  wife. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Hagar 
behaved  haughtily  toward  Sarai.   And 
when  Sarai  dealt  hardly  with  her,  she 
fled  from  her  face. 

4  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  found 
her  by  a  fountain  of  water  in  the  wil- 
derness, by  the  fountain  in  the  way  to 
Shur. 

5  And  he  said,  Hagar,  Sarai's  maid, 
whence  earnest  thou?  and  whither  wilt 
thou  go?     And  she  said,  I  flee  from 
the  face  of  my  mistress  Sarai. 

6  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  said 
unto  her,  Return  to  thy  mistress,  and 
submit  thyself  under  her  hands. 

7  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  said 
unto  her,  Behold,  thou  shalb  have  a 
son,  and  shalt  call  his  name  Ishmael; 
because  the  LORD   hath   heard   thy 
affliction. 

8  And  he  will  be  a  wild  man ;    his 
hand  will  be  against  every  man,   and 
every  man's  hand  against  him:    and 
he  shall  dwell  in  the  presence  of  all 
his  brethren. 

9  And  she  called  the  name  of  the 
LORD  that  spoke  unto  her,  Thou  God 
seest  me :   for  she  said,  Have  I  also 
here  looked  after  him  that  seeth  me? 

10  Wherefore  the  well  was  called 
Beer-lahai-roi :  behold,  it  is  between 
Kadesh  and  Bared. 

11  And  Hagar  bare  Abram  a  son: 
and  Abram   called   his   son's   name, 
which  Hagar  bare,  Ishmael. 

12  And  Abram  was  fourscore  and 
six  years  old,  when  Hagar  bare  Ish- 
mael to  Abram. 


16 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XVII-XVIII. 


CHAPTER  XVIt. 


A  ND  when  Abrain  was  ninety  years 

old  and  nine,  the  LORD  appeared 

to  Abrain,  and  said  unto  him,  I  am 

the  Almighty  God ;   walk  before  me, 

and  be  thou  perfect. 

2  And  I  will  make  my  covenant  be- 
tween me  and  thee,  and  will  multiply 
thee  exceedingly. 

3  And  Abram  fell  on  his  face :    and 
God  spake  with  him,  saying, 

4  As  for  me,  behold,  my  covenant 
is   with    thee,   and  thou  shalt  be  a 
father  of  many  nations. 

5  Neither  shall  thy  name  any  more 
be  called  Abram,  but  thy  name  shall 
be  Abraham;    for  a  father  of  many 
nations  have  I  made  thee. 

6  And  I  will  make  thee  exceedingly 
fruitful,  and  I  will  make  nations  of 
thee,  and  kings  shall  come  of  thee. 

7  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant 
between  me  and  thee  and  thy  children 
after  thee  in  their  generations,  for  an 
everlasting  covenant,  to  be  a  God  unto 
thee  and  to  thy  children  after  thee. 

8  And  I  will  give  unto  thee,  and  to 
thy    children    after    thee,    the   land 
wherein  thou  art  a  stranger,  all  the 
land  of   Canaan,   for  an  everlasting 
possession;  and  I  will  be  their  God. 

9  And    God    said   unto   Abraham, 
Thou  shalt  keep  my  covenant  there- 
fore, thou,  and  thy  children  after  thee 
in  their  generations. 

10  This  is  my  covenant,  which  ye 
shall  keep,  between  me  and  you  and 
thy  children  after  thee;    Every  man 
child  among  you  shall  be  circumcised. 

11  And  God  said  unto  Abraham,  As 
for  Sarai  thy  wife,  thou  shalt  not  call 
her  name  Sarai,  but  Sarah  shall  her 
name  be. 

12  And  I  will  bless  her,  and  give 


thee  a  son  also  of  her:  yea,  I  will 
bless  her,  and  she  shall  be  a  mother  of 
nations ;  kings  of  people  shall  be  of  her. 

13  And  Abraham  said  unto  God,  0 
that  Ishmael  might  live  before  thee  ! 

14  And  God  said,   Sarah  thy  wife 
shall  bare  thee  a  son  indeed;    and 
thou  shalt  call  his  name  Isaac :   and  I 
will  establish  my  covenant  with  him 
for  an  everlasting  covenant,  and  with 
his  children  after  him. 

15  And  as  for  Ishmael,  I  have  heard 
thee:    Behold,   I  have  blessed   him, 
and  will  make  him  fruitful,  and  will 
multiply  him  exceedingly ;  the  father 
of  twelve  princes  shall  he  be,  and  I 
will  make  him  a  great  nation. 

10  But  my  covenant  will  I  establish 
with  Isaac,  which  Sarah  shall  bear 
unto  thee  at  this  set  time  in  the  next 
year. 

17  And  he  left  off  speaking  with 
him,  and  God  went  up  from  Abraham. 

CHAPTER  XVIH. 

A  ND  God  appeared  unto  him  in  the 

grove  of  Mamre :    and  he  sat  in 

the  tent  door  in  the  heat  of  the  day  ; 

2  And   he   lifted  up  his  eyes  and 
looked,  and,  lo,  three  men  stood  by 
him :   and  when  he  saw  them,  he  ran 
to  meet  them  from  the  tent  door,  and 
bowed  himself  toward  the  ground, 

3  And  said,  My  Lord,  if  now  I  have 
found   favour  in  thy  sight,   pass  not 
away,  I  pray  thee,  from  thy  servant: 

4  Let  a  little  water,  I  pray  you,  be 
fetched,  and  wash  your  feet,  and  rest 
yourselves  under  the  tree : 

5  And   I   will    fetch   a   morsel    of 
bread,  and  comfort  ye  your  hearts; 
after  that  ye  shall  pass  on :  for  there- 
fore are  ye  come  to  your  servant.    And 
they  said,  Do  so,  as  thou  hast  said. 

6  And  Abraham  hastened  into  the 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


GENESIS. 


17 


tent  unto  Sarah,  and  said,  Make  ready 
quickly  three  measures  of  fine  meal, 
knead  it,  and  make  cakes  upon  the 
hearth. 

7  And  Abraham  ran  unto  the  herd, 
and  fetched  a  calf  tender  and  good, 
and  gave  it  unto  a  young  man ;  and 
he  hasted  to  dress  it. 

8  And   he    took  butter,   and  milk, 
and  the  calf  which  he  had  dressed, 
and  set  it  before  them  ;  and  he  stood 
by  them  under  the  tree,  and  they  did 


and  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  shall 
be  blessed  in  him? 

19  For  I  know  him,   that   he  will 
command  his  children  and  his  house- 
hold after  him,  and  they  shall  keep 
the  way  of  the  LORD,  to  do  justice 
and  judgment ;    that  the  LORD  may 
bring  upon  Abraham  that  which  he 
hath  spoken  of  him. 

20  And  the  LORD  said,  Because  the 
cry  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  is  great, 
and  because  their  sin  is  very  grievous, 


eat.  z-  I   will   go  down    now,    and    see 

9  And  they  said  unto  him,  Where  |  whether   they   have    done   altogether 


is  Sarah  thy  wife?  And  he  said,  Be- 


according  to  the  cry  of  it,   which  is 


hold,  in  the  tent.  come  unto    me ;    and  if   not,    I    will 

10  And  he  said,  I  will  certainly  re-   know. 

turn  unto  thee  according  to  the  time  i  22  And  the  men  turned  their  faces 
of  life  ;  and,  lo,  Sarah  thy  wife  shall  |  from  thence,  and  went  toward  Sodom : 
have  a  son.  And  Sarah  heard  it  in  i  but  Abraham  stood  yet  before  the 


the  tent  door,  which  was  behind  him. 

11  Now  Abraham  and  Sarah  were 
old  and  well  stricken  in  age. 

12  Therefore  Sarah  laughed  within 
herself,  saying,  After  I  am  waxed  old 
shall  I  have  children? 

13  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Abra 


LORD. 

23  And  Abraham  drew   near,   and 
said,    Wilt    thou    also    destroy    the 
righteous  with  the  wicked? 

24  Peradventure     there      be     fifty 
righteous  within  the  city:    wilt  thou 
also  destroy  and  not  spare  the  place 


ham,  Wherefore  did  Sarah  laugh,  say-   for  the  fifty  righteous  that  are  therein? 
ing,  Shall  I" of  a  surety  bear  a  child, 
being  so  old? 

14  Is  any  thing  too  hard  for  the 
LORD?  At  the  time  appointed  I  will 


return  unto  thee,    according   to   the 
time  of  life,  and  Sarah  shall  have  a  son. 

15  Then   Sarah   denied,    saying,    I 
laughed  not ;  for  she  was  afraid.    And 
he  said,  Nay  ;  but  thou  didst  laugh. 

16  And  the  men  rose  up  from  thence, 
and  looked  toward  Sodom :  and  Abra- 
ham went  with  them  to  bring  them  on 
the  way. 

17  And  the  LORD  said,  Shall  I  hide 
from  Abraham  that  thing  which  I  do ; 

18  Seeing  that  Abraham  shall  surely 
become  a  great  and  mighty  nation, 


25  That  be  far  from  thee  to  do  after 
this  manner,  to  slay  the  righteous  with 
the  wicked ;    and  that  the   righteous 
should  be  as  the  wicked,  that  be  far 
from  thee  :  Shall  not  the  Judge  of  all 
the  earth  do  right? 

26  And  the  LORD  said,  If  I  find  in 
Sodom  fifty  righteous  within  the  city, 
then  I  will  spare  all  the  place  for  their 


27  And  Abraham  answered  and  said, 
Behold  now,  I  have  taken  upon  me  to 
speak  unto  the  Lord,  and  I  am  but 
dust  and  ashes : 

28  Peradventure  there  shall  lack  five 
of  the  fifty  righteous :  wilt  thou  destroy 
all  the  city  for  lack  of  five?  And  he 


18 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


said,  If  I  find  there  forty  and  five,  I 
will  not  destroy  it. 

29  And  he  spake  unto  him  yet  again, 
and  said,  Peradventure  there  shall  be 
forty  found  there.     And  he   said,  I 
will  not  do  it  for  forty's  sake. 

30  And  he  said  unto  him,  Oh  let 
not  the  Lord  be  angry,   and  I  will 
speak :  Peradventure  there  shall  thirty 
be  found  there.     And  he  said,  I  will 
not  do  it,  if  I  find  thirty  there. 

31  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  I  have 
taken   upon   me   to   speak   unto  the 
Lord :    Peradventure  there   shall  be 
twenty  found  there.     And  he  said,  I 
will  not  destroy  it  for  twenty's  sake. 

32  And  he  said,  Oh  let  not  the  Lord 
be  angry,   and  I  will  speak  yet  but 
this  once  :   Peradventure  ten  shall  be 
found  there.     And  he  said,  I  will  not 
destroy  it  for  ten's  sake. 

33  And  the  LORD  went  his  way,  as 
soon  as  he  had  left  communing  with 
Abraham :     and   Abraham    returned 
unto  his  place. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

A  ND  there  came  two  angels  to  So- 
dom at  evening;  and  Lot  sat  in  the 
gate  of  Sodom :  and  Lot  seeing  them 
rose  up  to  meet  them  ;  and  he  bowed 
himself  with  his  face  toward  the  ground; 

2  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  my  lords, 
turn  in,  I  pray  you,  into  your  servant's 
house,  and  tarry  all  night,  and  wash 
your  feet,  and  ye  shall  rise  up  early, 
and  go  on  your  ways.    And  they  said, 
Nay ;  but  we  will  abide  in  the  street 
all  night. 

3  And  he  pressed  upon  them  greatly ; 
and  they  turned  in  unto  him  and  en- 
tered into  his  house:    and  he  made 
them  a  feast,  and  did  bake  unleavened 
bread,  and  they  did  eat. 

4  But  before  they  lay  down,  the  men 


of  the  city,  even  the  men  of  Sodom, 
compassed  the  house  round,  both  old 
and  young,  all  the  people  from  every 
quarter : 

5  And  they  called  unto  Lot,  and  said 
unto  him,  Where  are  the  men  which 
came  in  to  thee  this  night  ?  bring  them 
out  unto  us,  that  we  may  know  them. 

6  And  Lot  went  out  at  the  door  unto 
them,  and  shut  the  door  after  him, 

7  And  said,  I  pray  you,  brethren,  do 
not  so  wickedly :   unto  these  men  do 
no  harm ;  for  therefore  came  they  un- 
der the  shadow  of  my  roof. 

8  And  they  said,  Stand  back.    And 
they  said  again,  This  one  fellow  came 
in  to  sojourn,  and  he  will  needs  be  a 
judge:   now.will  we  deal  worse  with 
thee   than   with   them.       And    they 
pressed  sore  upon  the  man,  even  Lot, 
and  came  near  to  break  the  door. 

9  But  the  men  put  forth  their  hand, 
and  pulled  Lot  into  the  house  to  them, 
and  shut  the  door. 

10  And  they  smote  the  men   that 
were  at  the  door  of  the  house  with 
blindness,  both  small  and  great:    so 
that  they  wearied  themselves  to  find 
the  door. 

1 1  And  the  men  said  unto  Lot,  Hast 
thou  here  any  besides?   son  in  law, 
and  thy  sons,  and  thy  daughters,  and 
whomsoever  thou  hast  in  the  city,  bring 
them  out  of  this  place : 

12  For  we  will  destroy  this  place, 
because  the  cry  of  them  is  waxen  great 
before  the  face  of  the  LORD  ;  and  the 
LORD  hath  sent  us  to  destroy  it. 

13  And  Lot  went  out,   and  spoke 
unto  his  sons  in  law,  which  married 
his  daughters,  and  said,  Up,  get  out 
of  this  place ;  for  the  LORD  will  de- 
stroy this  city.    But  he  seemed  as  one 
that  mocked  unto  his  sons  in  law. 

14  And  when  the   morning   arose, 


CHAPTER  XX. 


GENESIS. 


19 


then  the  angels  hastened  Lot,  saying, 
Arise,  take  thy  wife*  and  thy  two 
daughters,  which  are  here ;  lest  thou 
be  consumed  in  the  iniquity  of  the  city. 

15  And  while  he  lingered,  the  men 
laid  hold  upon  his  hand,  and  upon  the 
hand  of  his  wife,  and  upon  the  hand 
of  his  two  daughters,  —  out  of  God's 
mercy   unto   him :    and  they  brought 
him  forth,  and  set  him  without  the  city. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
had  brought  them  forth  abroad,  that 
he  said,  Escape  for  thy  life ;  look  not 
behind  thee,  neither  stay  thou  in  all 
the  plain:  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest 
thou  be  consumed. 

17  And  Lot  said  unto  them,  Oh,  not 
so,  my  Lord : 

18  Behold   now,    thy   servant  hath 
found  grace  in  thy  sight,  and  thou  hast 
magnified  thy  mercy,  which  thou  hast 
shewed  unto  me  in  saving  my  life;  and 
I  cannot  escape  to  the  mountain,  lest 
some  evil  overtake  me,  and  I  die : 

19  Behold  now,  this  city  is  near  to 
flee  unto,  and  it  is  a  little  one :  O,  let 
me  escape  thither,  and  my  soul  shall 
live. 

20  And  he  said  unto  him,  See,  I  have 
accepted  thee  concerning  this   thing 
also,  that  I  will  not  overthrow  this  city, 
for  which  thou  hast  spoken. 

21  Haste  thee,  escape  thither;  for 
I  cannot  do  any  thing  till  thou  be  come 
thither.     Therefore  the  name  of  the 
city  was  called  Zoar. 

22  The  sun  was  risen  upon  the  earth 
when  Lot  entered  into  Zoar. 

23  Then  the  LORD  rained  upon  So- 
dom  and  upon  Gomorrah  brimstone 
and  fire  from  out  of  heaven; 

24  And  he  overthrew  those  cities, 
and  all  the  plain,  and  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  cities,  and  that  which  grew 
upon  the  ground. 


25  But  Lot's  wife  looked  back  from 
behind  him,  and  she  became  a  pillar 
of  salt. 

26  And  Abraham  got  up  early  in  the 
morning  to  the  place  where  he  stood 
before  the  LORD  : 

27  And  he  looked  toward  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah,  and  toward  all  the  land  of 
the  plain,  and  he  saw,  and,  lo,  the 
smoke  of  the  country  went  up  as  the 
smoke  of  a  furnace. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God 
destroyed  the  cities  of  the  plain,  that 
God  remembered  Abraham,  and  sent 
Lot  out  of  the  midst  of  the  overthrow, 
when    he    overthrew    the     cities    in 
which  Lot  dwelt. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

A  ND  the  LORD  visited  Sarah  as  he 
had  said,  and  the  LORD  remem- 
bered Sarah  as  he  had  spoken. 

2  And  Sarah  bare  Abraham  a  son 
in  his  old  age,  at  the  set  time  of  which 
God  had  spoken  to  him. 

3  And  Abraham  called  the  name  of 
his  son  that  was  born  unto  him,  Isaac. 

4  And  Abraham  circumcised  his  son 
Isaac  when  eight  days  old,  as  God  had 
commanded  him. 

5  And  Abraham  was  a  hundred  years 
old,  when  his  son  Isaac  was  born  unto 
him. 

6  And   the   child   grew,    and    was 
weaned :    and  Abraham  made  a  great 
feast  the  same  day  that  Isaac   was 
weaned. 

7  And  Sarah  saw  the  son  of  Hagar 
the  Egyptian,   which  she  had  borne 
unto  Abraham,  mocking. 

8  Wherefore  she  said  unto  Abraham, 
Cast  out  this  bondwoman  and  her  son : 
for  the  son  of  this  bondwoman  shall 
not  be  heir  with  my  son,  even  with 
Isaac. 


20 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXI-XXII. 


9  And  the  thing  was  very  grievous 
in   Abraham's   sight   because   of   his 
son. 

10  And   God  said  unto   Abraham, 
Let  it  not  be  grievous  in  thy  sight  be- 
cause of  the  lad,  and  because  of  thy 
bondwoman ;   in  all  that  Sarah  hath 
said  unto  thee,  hearken  unto  her  voice; 
for  in  Isaac  shall  thy  name  be  called. 

1 1  And  also  of  the  son  of  the  bond- 
woman will  I  make  a  nation,  because 
he  is  thy  child. 

12  And  Abraham  rose  up  early  in 
the  morning,  and  took  bread,  and  a 
bottle  of  water,  and  gave  it  unto  Ha- 
gar,  putting  it  on  her  shoulder,  and 
the  child,  and  sent  her  away :  and  she 
departed,  and  wandered  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Beer-sheba. 

13  And  the  water  was  spent  in  the 
bottle,  and  she  cast  the  child  under 
one  of  the  shrubs. 

14  And  she  went,  and  sat  her  down 
over  against  him  a  good  way  off,  as  it 
were,  a  bowshot :  for  she  said,  Let  me 
not  see  the  death  of  the  child.     And 
she  sat  over  against  him,  and  lifted  up 
her  voice,  and  wept. 

15  And  God  heard  the  voice  of  the 
lad ;  and  the  angel  of  God  called  to 
Hagar  out  of  heaven,   and  said  unto 
her,  What  aileth  thee,  Hagar?    fear 
not ;  for  God  hath  heard  the  voice  of 
the  lad  where  he  is. 

16  Arise,  lift  up  the  lad,  and  hold 
him  in  thine  hand ;    for  I  will  make 
him  a  great  nation. 

17  And  God  opened  her  eyes,  and 
she  saw  a  well  of  water;  and  she  went, 
and  filled  the  bottle  with  water,  and 
gave  the  lad  drink. 

18  And  God  was  with  the  lad ;  and 
he  grew,  and  dwelt  in  the  wilderness, 
and  became  an  archer. 

19  And  he  dwelt  in  the  wilderness 


of  Paran :   and  his  mother  took  him  a 
wife  out  of  the  4and  of  Egypt. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time, 
that  Abimelech  and  Phichol  the 

hief  captain  of  his  host  spoke  unto 
Abraham,  saying,  God  is  with  thee  in 
all  that  thou  doest: 

2  Now  therefore  swear  unto  me  here 
by  God,  that  thou  wilt  not  deal  falsely 
with  me,  nor  with  my  son,  nor  with 
my  son's  son:    but  according  to  the 
kindness  that  I  have  done  unto  thee, 
thou  shalt  do  unto  me,  and  to  the  land 
wherein  thou  hast  sojourned. 

3  And  Abraham  said,  I  will  swear. 

4  And  Abraham  reproved  Abimelech 
because  of  a  well  of  water,  which  Abi- 
melech's  servants  had  violently  taken 
away. 

5  And  Abimelech  said,  I  know  not 
who  hath   done  this   thing:    neither 
didst  thou  tell  me,  neither  yet  heard  I 
of  it,  but  to  day. 

6  And    Abraham    took    sheep    and 
oxen,  and  gave  them  unto  Abimelech; 
and  both  of  them  made  a  covenant. 

7  Wherefore   he   called   that  place 
Beer-sheba ;  because  there  they  swore 
peace  both  of  them. 

8  Thus   they   made   a  covenant  at 
Beer-  sheba :  then  Abimelech  rose  up, 
and  Phichol  the  chief  captain  of  his 
host,  and  they  returned  into  the  land 
of  the  Philistines. 

9  And  Abraham  planted  a  grove  in 
Beer-sheba,  and  called  there  on  the 
name  of  the  LORD,  the  everlasting  God. 

10  And  Abraham  sojourned  in  the 
Philistines'  land  many  days. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 


AN 


D   it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  that  God  tried  Abraham, 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 


GENESIS. 


21 


and  said  unto  him,  Abraham:      and 
he  said,  Behold,  here  I  am. 

2  And  he  said,  Take  now  thy  son, 
thine  only  son  Isaac,  whom  thou  lovest, 
and  get  thee  into  the  land  of  Moriah ; 
and  offer  him  there  for  a  burnt  offer- 
ing upon  one  of  the  mountains  which 
I  will  tell  thee  of. 

3  And  Abraham  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and  took 
two  of  his  young  men  with  him,   and 
Isaac  his  son,  and  clave  the  wood  for 
the  burnt  offering,  and  rose  up,  and 
went  unto  the  place  of  which  God  had 
told  him. 

4  Then  on  the  third  day  Abraham 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  the  place 
afar  off. 

5  And  Abraham  said  unto  his  young 
men,  Abide  ye  here  with  the  ass ;  and 
I  and  the  lad  will  go  yonder  and  wor- 
ship, and  come  again  to  you. 

6  And  Abraham  took  the  wood  of 
the  burnt  offering,   and  laid  it  upon 
Isaac  his  son ;  and  he  took  the  fire  in 
his  hand,  and  a  knife ;  and  they  went 
both  of  them  together. 

7  And  Isaac  spake  unto  Abraham 
his  father,  and  said,  My  Father;  and 
he  said,  Here  am  I,  my  son.    And  he 
said,  Behold  the  fire  and  the  wood: 
but  where  is  the  lamb  for  a  burnt  of- 
fering ? 

8  And  Abraham  said,   My  son,  God 
will  provide  himself  a  lamb  for  a  burnt 
offering:   so  they  went  both  of  them 
together. 

9  And  they  came  to  the  place  which 
God  had  told  him  of ;    and  Abraham 
built  an  altar  there,  and  laid  the  wood 
in  order,  and  bound  Isaac  his  son,  and 
laid  him  on  the  altar  upon  the  wood. 

10  And  Abraham  stretched  forth  his 
hand,  and  took  the  knife  to  slay  his 
son. 


11  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  called 
unto   him  out  of  heaven,    and   said, 
Abraham,    Abraham :     and   he  said, 
Here  am  I. 

12  And  he  said,  Lay  not  thine  hand 
upon  the  lad,  neither  do  thou  any  thing 
unto  him :  for  now  I  know  that  thou 
fearest  God,  seeing  thou  hast  not  with- 
held thy  son,  thine  only  son,  from  me. 

13  And  Abraham  lifted  up  his  eyes, 
and  looked,  and  behold,  a  ram  caught 
in  a  thicket  by  his  horns :   and  Abra- 
ham  went   and    took   the  ram,    and 
offered  him  up  for  a  burnt  offering  in 
the  stead  of  his  son. 

14  And  Abraham  called  the  name  of 
that  place  Adonai-jireh,  (God  seeth): 
as  it  is  said  to  this  day,  In  the  mount 
of  the  LORD  it  shall  be  seen. 

15  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  called 
unto  Abraham  out  of  heaven  the  second 
time, 

1 6  And  said ,  By  myself  have  I  sworn, 
saith  the  LORD,  for  because  thou  hast 
done  this  thing,  and  hast  not  withheld 
thy  son,  thine  only  son, 

17  That  I  will  bless  thee,  and  I  will 
multiply  thy  offspring  as  the  stars  of 
the  heaven,  and  as  the  sand  which  is 
upon  the  sea  shore ;  and  thy  offspring 
shall  possess  the  gate  of  his  enemies; 

18  And  in  thy  children  shall  all  the 
nations  of  the  earth  be  blessed ;    be- 
cause thou  hast  obeyed  my  voice. 

19  So  Abraham  returned  unto  his 
young  men,  and  they  rose  up  and  went 
together  to  Beer-sheba;  and  Abraham 
dwelt  at  Beer-sheba. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

A  ND  Sarah  lived  a  hundred  and  seven 
and  twenty  years:  these  were  the 
years  of  the  life  of  Sarah. 

2  And  Sarah  died  in  Kirjath-arba ; 
the  same  is  Hebron  in  the  land  of 


22 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 


Canaan:  and  Abraham  came  to  mourn 
for  Sarah,  and  to  weep  for  her. 

3  And  Abraham  stood  up  from  be- 
fore his  dead,  and  spoke  unto  the  sons 
of  Heth,  saying, 

4  I  am  a  stranger  and  a  sojourner 
with  you :  give  me  a  possession  of  a 
burying- place   with  you,   that  I  may 
bury  my  dead  out  of  my  sight. 

5  And  the  children  of  Heth  answered 
Abraham,  saying  unto  him, 

6  Hear  us,  my  lord:  thou  art  a  mighty 
prince  among  us :   in  the  choice  of  our 
sepulchres  bury  thy  dead ;  none  of  us 
shall  withhold  from  thee  his  sepulchre, 
but  that  thou  niayest  bury  thy  dead. 

7  And  Abraham  stood  up,  and  bowed 
himself  to  the  people  of  the  land,  even 
bo  the  children  of  Heth. 

8  And  he  communed  with  them,  say- 
ing, If  it  be  your  mind  that  I  should 
bury  my  dead  out  of  my  sight,  hear 
me,  and  entreat  for  me  to  Ephron  the 
son  of  Zohar. 

9  That  he  may  give  me  the  cave  of 
Machpelah,  which  he  hath,  which  is 
in  the  end  of  his  field ;    for  as  much 
money  as  it  is  worth  he  shall  give  it 
me  for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace 
amongst  you. 

10  And  Ephron  was  present  among 
the  children  of  Heth:  and  Ephron  the 
Hittite  answered  Abraham  in  the  au- 
dience of  the  children  of  Heth,   even 
of  all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of  his 
city,  saying, 

11  Nay,  my  lord,  hear  me:   the  field 
I  give  thee,  and  the  cave  that  is  there- 
in, I  give  it  thee  ;  in  the  presence  of 
the  sons  of  my  people  give  I  it  thee : 
bury  thy  dead. 

12  And  Abraham  bowed  down  him- 
self before  the  people  of  the  land. 

13  And  he  spoke  unto  Ephron  in  the 
audience  of  the  people  of  the  land, 


saying,  But  if  thou  wilt  give  it,  I  pray 
thee,  hear  me :  I  will  give  thee  money 
for  the  field ;  take  it  of  me,  and  I  will 
bury  my  dead  there. 

14  And  Ephron  answered  Abraham, 
saying  unto  him, 

15  My  lord,  hearken  unto  me :    the 
land  is  worth  four  hundred  shekels  of 
sil  ver ;  what  is  that  betwixt  me  and 
thee  ?  bury  therefore  thy  dead. 

16  And   Abraham  hearkened   unto 
Ephron ;    and  Abraham  weighed  to 
Ephron  the  silver,  which  he  had  named 
in  the  audience  of  the  sons  of  Heth, 
four  hundred  shekels  of  silver,  current 
money  with  the  merchant. 

17  And  the  field  of  Ephron,  which 
was  in  Machpelah,  which  was  before 
Manire,  the  field,  and  the  cave  which 
was  therein,  and  all  the  trees  that  were 
in  the  field,  that  were  in  all  the  bor- 
ders round  about,  were  made  sure 

18  Unto  Abraham  for  a  possession, 
in  the  presence  of  the  children  of  Heth, 
before  all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of 

!  his  city. 

19  And  after  this,  Abraham  buried 
!  Sarah  his  wife  in  the  cave  of  the  field 
!  of  Machpelah  before  Manire:  the  same 
I  is  Hebron  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

!    20  And  the  field,  and  the  cave  that 
i  is  therein,  were  made  sure  unto  Abra- 
ham for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace 
by  the  sons  of  Heth. 

CHAPTER  XXIV.    . 

A  ND  Abraham  was  old,   and   well 
stricken  in  age:    and  the   LORD 
had  blessed  Abraham  in  all  things. 

2  And  Abraham  said  unto  the  eldest 
servant  of  his  house,  that  ruled  over . 
all  that  he  had,  Put,  I  pray  thee,  thy 
hand  into  mine. 

3  And  I  will  make  thee  swear  by  the 
LORD,   the  God  of  heaven,  and  the 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 


GENESIS. 


God  of  the  earth,  that  thou  shalt  not 
take  a  wife  unto  my  son  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  Canaanites,  among  whom 
I  dwell: 

4  But  thou  shalt  go  unto  my  country, 
and  to  my  kindred,  and  take  a  wife 
unto  my  son  Isaac. 

5  And  the  servant  said  unto  him, 
Peradventure  the  woman  will  not  be 
willing  to  follow  me  unto  this  land : 
must  I  needs  bring  thy  son  again  unto 
the  land  from  whence  thou  earnest  ? 

6  And  Abraham  said  unto  him,  Be- 
ware thou  that  thou  bring  not  my  son 
thither  again. 

7  The  LORD  God  of  heaven,  which 
took  me  from  my  father's  house,   and 
from  the  land  of  my  kindred,    and 
which  spoke  unto  me,  and  that  sware 
unto  me,    saying,   Unto  thy  children 
will  I  give  this  land ;  he  shall  send  his 
angel  before  thee,  and  thou  shalt  take 
a  wife  unto  my  son  from  thence. 

8  And  if  the  woman  will  not  be  wil- 
ling to  follow  thee,  then  thou  shalt  be 
clear  from  this  my  oath :    only  bring 
not  my  son  thither  again. 

9  And  the  servant  swore  to  him  con- 
cerning that  matter. 

10  And  the  servant  took  ten  camels 
of  the  camels  of  his  master,  and  de- 
parted ;  for  all  the  goods  of  his  master 
were  in  his  hand :   and  he  arose,   and 
went  to  Mesopotamia,  unto  the  city  of 
Nahor. 

11  And  he  made  his  camels  to  kneel 
down  without  the  city  by  a  well  of 
water  at  the  time  of  the  evening,  even 
the  time  that  women  go  out  to  draw 
water. 

12  And  he  said,  0  LORD  God  of  my 
master  Abraham,  I  pray  thee,   send 
me  good  speed  this  day,    and   shew 
kindness  unto  my  master  Abraham. 

13  Behold,  I  stand  here  by  the  well 


of  water ;   and  the  daughters  of  the 
men  of  the  city  come  out  to  draw  water: 

14  And  let  it  come  to  pass,  that  the 
damsel  to  whom  I  shall  say,  Let  down 
thy  pitcher,  I  pray  thee,  that  I  may 
drink ;  and  she  shall  say,  Drink,  and 
I  will  give  thy  camels  drink  also:    let 
the  same  be  she  that  thou  hast  ap- 
pointed for  thy  servant  Isaac ;    and 
thereby  shall  I  know  that  thou  hast 
shewed  kindness  unto  my  master. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  before  he 
had  done  speaking,  that,  behold,  Re- 
bekah  came  out,  who  was  born  to  Be- 
thuel,  son  of  Milcah,  the  wife  of  Na- 
hor,   Abraham's    brother,    with    her 
pitcher  upon  her  shoulder. 

16  And  the  damsel  was  very  fair  to 
look  upon,  and  she  went  down  to  the 
well,  and  filled  her  pitcher,  and  came 
up. 

17  And  the  servant  ran  to  meet  her, 
and  said,  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,   drink 
a  little  water  of  thy  pitcher. 

18  And  she  said,   Drink,  my  lord: 
and  she  hasted,  and  let  down  her  pit- 
cher upon  her  hand,  and   gave  him 
drink. 

1 9  And  when  she  had  done  giving 
him  drink,  she  said,  I  will  draw  water 
for  thy  camels  also,    until  they  have 
done  drinking. 

20  And  she  hasted,  and  emptied  her 
pitcher  into  the  trough,  and  ran  again 
unto  the  well  to  draw  water,  and  drew 
for  all  his  camels. 

21  And  the  man,  wondering  at  her, 
held  his  peace,  to  wit  whether  the  LORD 
had  made  his  journey  prosperous  or  not. 

22  And   it   came   to    pass,    as   the 
camels  had  done  drinking,   that  the 
man  took  a  golden  earring  of  half  a 
shekel  weight,  and  two  bracelets  for 
her  hands  of  ten  shekels  weight  of  gold; 

2;j  And  said,   Whose  daughter  art 


24 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 


thou  ?  tell  me,  I  pray  thee :  is  there 
room  in  thy  father's  house  for  us  to 
lodge  in  ? 

24  And  she  said  unto  him,  I  am  the 
daughter  of  Bethuel  the  son  of  Milcah, 
which  she  bare  unto  Nahor. 

25  She  said  moreover  unto  him,  We 
have     both     straw     and     provender 
enough,  and  room  to  lodge  in. 

26  And  the  man  bowed   down  his 
head,  and  worshipped  the  LORD. 

27  And  he  said,  Blessed  be  the  LORD 
God  of  my  master  Abraham,  who  hath 
not  left  destitute  my  master  of  his 
mercy  and  his  truth :    I  being  in  the 


35  And  the  LORD  hath  blessed  my 
master  greatly,  and  he  is  become  great: 
and  he  hath  given  him  flocks,    and 
herds,  and  silver,  and  gold,  and  men- 
servants,      and     maidservants,      and 
camels,  and  asses. 

36  And  Sarah  my  master's  wife  bare 
a  son  to  my  master  when  she  was  old: 
and  unto  him  hath  he  given  all  that 
he  hath. 

37  And  my  master  made  me  swear, 
saying,  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  to 
my  son  of  the  daughters  of  the  Cana- 
anites,  in  whose  land  I  dwell : 

38  But  thou  shalt  go  unto  my  father's 


way,  the  LORD  led  me  to  the  house  of  I  house,  and  to  my  kindred,  and  take  a 


my  master's  brethren. 

28  And  the  damsel  ran,    and  told 
them    of    her   mother's   house   these 
things. 

29  And  Rebekah  had  a  brother,  and 
his  name  was  Laban :   and  Laban  ran 
out  unto  the  man,  unto  the  well. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,   when  he 
saw  the  earring,  and  bracelets  upon 
his  sister's  hands,  and  when  he  heard 
the  words  of  Rebekah  his  sister,   say- 
ing, Thus  spoke  the  man  unto  me: 
he  came  unto  the  man ;   and,  behold, 
he  stood  by  the  camels  at  the  well. 

31  And   he    said,    Come   in,    thou 
blessed  of  the  LORD  ;  wherefore  stan- 
dest  thou  without?  for  I  have  prepared 
the  house,  and  room  for  the  camels. 

32  And  the  man  came  into  the  house: 
and  he  ungirded  his  camels,  and  gave 
straw  and  provender  for  the  camels, 
and  water  to  wash  his  feet,   and  the 
men's  feet  that  were  with  him. 

33  And  there  was  set  meat  before 
him  to  eat :  but  he  said,  I  will  not  eat, 
until  I  have  told  mine  errand.      And 
he  said,  Speak  on. 

34  And  he  said,  I   am  Abraham's 
servant. 


wife  unto  my  son. 

39  And  I  said  unto  my  master,  Per- 
adventure  the  woman  will  not  follow 
me. 

40  And  he  said  unto  me,  The  LORD, 
before  whom  I  walk,  will  send  his  angel 
with  thee,   and  prosper  thy  way ;   and 
thou  shalt  take  a  wife  for  my  son  of 
my  kindred,  and  of  my  father's  house: 

41  Then  shalt  thou  be  clear  from  this 
my   oath,    when  thou  comest  to  my 
kindred;  and  if  they  give  not  thee  one, 
thou  shalt  be  clear  from  my  oath. 

42  And  I  came  this  day  unto  the 
well,  and  said,  0  LORD  God  of  my 
master   Abraham,     if    now    thou   do 
prosper  my  way  which  I  go : 

43  Behold,  I  stand  by  the  well  of 
water :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
when  the  damsel  cometh  forth  to  draw 
water,  and  I  say  to  her,   Give  me,  I 
pray  thee.  a  little  water  of  thy  pitcher 
to  drink; 

44  And  she  say  to  me,  Both  drink 
thou,   and  I  will   also  draw  for  thy 
camels:  let  the  same  be  the  woman 
whom  the  LORD  hath  appointed  for 
my  master's  son. 

45  And  before  I  had  done  speaking 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 


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t 

25 


in  mine  heart,  behold,  Rebekah  came 
forth  with  her  pitcher  on  her  shoulder; 
and  she  went  down  unto  the  well,  and 
drew  water :  and  I  said  unto  her,  Let 
me  drink,  I  pray  thee. 

46  And  she  made  haste,  and  let  down 
her  pitcher  from  her  shoulder,    and 
said,  Drink,  and  I  will  give  thy  camels 
drink  also :   so  I  drank,  and  she  made 
the  camels  drink  also. 

47  And  I  asked  her,  and  said,  Whose 
daughter  art  thou  ?      And  she  said, 
The  daughter  of  Bethuel,  Nahor's  son, 
whom  Milcah  bare  unto  him :    and  I 
put  the  earring  upon  her  face,  and  the 
bracelets  upon  her  hands. 

48  And  I  bowed  down  my  head,  and 
worshipped  the  LORD,  and  blessed  the 
LORD  God  of  my  master  Abraham, 
which  had  led  me  in  the  right  way  to 
take  my  master's  brother's  daughter 
unto  his  son. 

49  And  now,  if  ye  will  deal  kindly 
and  truly  with  my  master,   tell  me: 
and  if  not,  tell  me ;  that  I  may  turn 
to  the  right  hand,  or  to  the  left. 

50  Then  Laban  and    Bethuel  ans- 
wered and  said,  The  thing  proceedeth 
from  the  LORD:  we  cannot  speak  unto 
thee  bad  or  good. 

51  Behold,  Rebekah  is  before  thee ; 
take  her,  and  go,  and  let  her  be  thy 
master's  son's  wife,  as  the  LORD  hath 
spoken. 

52  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Abraham's  servant  heard  their  words, 
he  worshipped  the  LORD,  bowing  him- 
self to  the  earth. 

53  And  the  servant  brought  forth 
jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels  of  gold,  and 
raiment,  and  gave  them  to  Rebekah : 
he  gave  also  to  her  brother  and  to  her 
mother  precious  things. 

54  And  they  did  eat  and  drink,  he 
and  the  men  that  were  with  him,  and 


tarried  all  night ;  and  then  rose  up  in 
the  morning,  and  he  said,  Send  me 
away  unto  my  master. 

55  And  her  brother  and  her  mother 
said,  Let  the  damsel  abide  with  us  a 
few  days,  at  the  least  ten ;   after  that 
she  shall  go. 

56  And  he  said  unto  them,   Hinder 
me  not,  seeing  the  LORD  hath  pros- 
pered my  way ;  send  me  away  that  I 
may  go  to  my  master. 

57  And  they  said,  We  will  call  the 
damsel,  and  inquire  at  her  mouth. 

58  And  they  called   Rebekah,   and 
said  unto  her,   Wilt  thou  go  with  this 
man.?     And  she  said,  I  will  go. 

59  And   they  sent   away   Rebekah 
their  sister,  and  her  nurse,  and  Abra- 
ham's servant,  and  his  men. 

(K)  And  they  blessed  Rebekah,  and 
said  unto  her,  Thou,  O  our  sister,  be 
thou  the  mother  of  thousands,  of  mil- 
lions, and  let  thy  children  possess  the 
gate  of  those  which  hate  them. 

61  And  Rebekah  arose,  and  her  dam- 
sels and  they  rode  upon  the  camels, 
and  followed  the  man:  and  the  servant 
took  Rebekah,  and  went  his  way. 

62  And  Isaac  came  from  the  way  of 
the  well  Lahai-roi;  for  he  dwelt  in  the 
south  country. 

63  And  Isaac  went  out  to  meditate 
in  the  field  at  the  eventide :    and  he 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw,  and  behold, 
the  camels  were  coming.  « 

64  And  Rebekah  lifted  up  her  eyes, 
and  when  she  saw  Isaac,  she  lighted 
off  the  camel. 

65  For  she  had  said  unto  the  servant, 
What  man  is  this  that  walketh  in  the 
field  to  meet  us  ?     And  the  servant 
had  said,  It  is  my  master:    therefore 
she  took  a  veil,  and  covered  herself. 

66  And   the   servant  told  Isaac  all 
things  that  he  had  done. 


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GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXV-XXVI. 


67  And  Isaac  brought  her  into  his 
mother  Sarah's  tent,  and  took  Re- 
bekah,  and  she  beanie  his  wife ;  and 
he  loved  her:  and  Isaac  was  comforted 
after  his  mother's  death. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 


T 


IHESE  are  the  days  of  the  years  of 
Abraham's  life  which  he  lived,   a 
hundred  threescore  and  fifteen  years. 

2  Then  Abraham  gave  up  the  ghost, 
and  died  in  a  good  old  age,  an  old 
man,    and   full   of   years ;    and   was 
gathered  to  his  people. 

3  And  his  sons  Isaac  and  Ishmael 
buried  him  in  the  cave  of  Machp^lah, 
in  the  field  of  Ephron  the  son  of  Zo- 
har    the    Hittite,     which    is    before 
Mamre  ; 

4  The   field   which   Abraham    pur- 
chased of  the  sons  of  Heth :  there  was 
Abraham  buried,  and  Sarah  his  wife. 

5  And  it  came   to   pass    after  the 
death  of  Abraham,  that  God  blessed 
his  son  Isaac ;  and  Isaac  dwelt  by  the 
well  Lahai-roi. 

6  Now  these  are  the  generations  of 
Isaac,  Abraham's  son. 

7  Isaac  was  forty  years  old  when  he 
took  Rebekah  to  wife,  the  daughter 
of  Bethuel  the  Syrian  of  Padan-aram, 
the  sister  to  Laban  the  Syrian. 

8  And  Isaac  entreated   the   LORD 
for  his  wife  :   and  the  LORD  was  en- 
ireated  of  him,  and  Rebekah  his  wife 
bore  him  twins. 

9  And  the  first  one  was  red,  all  over 
like  a  hairy  garment ;  and  they  called 
his  name  Esau. 

10  And  after  that  came  his  brother, 
and  his  hand  took   hold    on   Esau's 
heel ;  and  his  name  was  called  Jacob  : 
and  Isaac  was   threescore  years  old 
when  she  bare  them. 

11  And  the  boys  grew  up :  and  Esau 


was  a  cunning  hunter,  a  man  of  the 
field  ;  and  Jacob  was  a  plain  man, 
dwelling  in  tents. 

12  And  Isaac  loved  Esau,  because 
he  did  eat  of  his  venison  :  but  Rebe- 
kah loved  Jacob. 

13  And   Jacob   sod    pottage :     and 
I  Esau  came  home  from  the  field,  and  he 
|  was  faint : 

14  And  Esau  said  to  Jacob,  Feed 
I  me,  I  pray  thee,   with  that  same  red 
I  pottage  ;    for  I  am  faint :    therefore 
j  was  his  name  called  Edom. 

15  And  Jacob  said,  Sell  me  this  day 
thy  birthright. 

16  And  Esau  said,  Behold,  I  am  at 
the  point  to  die :  and  what  profit  shall 
this  birthright  do  to  me? 

17  And  Jacob  said,   Swear  to  me 
this  day ;  and  he  swore  unto  him :  and 
he  sold  his  birthright  unto  Jacob. 

18  Then  Jacob  gave  Esau  bread  and 
pottage  of  lentiles ;  and  he  did  eat  and 
drink,  and  rose  up,  and  went  his  way. 
Thus  Esau  despised  his  birthright. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

A  ND  there  was  a  famine  in  the  land, 
besides  the  first  famine  that  was 
in  the  days  of  Abraham.     And  Isaac 
went  unto  Abimelech  king  of  the  Phi- 
listines unto  Gerar. 

2  And  the  LORD  appeared  unto  him, 
and  said,   Go  not  down  into  Egypt ; 
dwell  in  the  land  which  I  shall  tell 
thee  of. 

3  Sojourn  in  this  land,  and  I  will  be 
with  thee,   and  will  bless  thee ;   for 
unto  thee,   and  unto  thy  children,  I 
will  give  all  these  countries,  and  I  will 
perform  the  oath  which  I  swore  unto 
Abraham  thy  father ; 

4  And  I  will  make  thy  offspring  to 
multiply  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and 
will  give  unto  thy  children  all  these 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 


GENESIS. 


27 


countries  ;  and  in  thy  children  shall 
all  the  nations  of  the  earth  be  blessed : 

5  Because  that  Abraham  obeyed  my 
voice,  and  kept  my  charge,  my  com- 
mandments, my  statutes,  and  my  laws. 

6  And  Isaac  dwelt  in  Gerar. 

7  Then  Isaac   sowed  in  that  land, 
and  received  in  the  same  year  a  hun- 
dredfold :  and  the  LORD  blessed  him. 

8  And  the  man  waxed  great,  and 
went  forward,  and  grew  until  he  be- 
came very  rich  : 

9  For  he  had  possession  of  flocks, 
and  possession   of   herds,   and    great 
store  of  servants  :   and  the  Philistines 
envied  him. 

10  And    all   the    wells    which    his 
father's  servants  had   digged  in  the 
days  of  Abraham  his  father,  the  Phi- 
listines stopped  them,  and  filled  them 
with  earth. 

11  And  Abimelech  said  unto  Isaac, 
Go    from    us ;     for    thou    art   much 
mightier  than  we. 

1 2  And  Isaac  departed  thence,  and 
pitched  his  tent  in  the  valley  of  Gerar, 
and  dwelt  there. 

13  And  Isaac  digged  again  the  wells 
of  water,   which  they  had  digged  in 
the  days  of  Abraham  his  father ;  for 
the  Philistines  had  stopped  them  after 
the  death  of  Abraham  :  and  he  called 
their  names  after  the  names  by  which 
his  father  had  called  them. 

14  And  Isaac's  servants  digged  in 
the  valley,  and  found  there  a  well  of 
springing  water. 

15  And  the  herdmen  of  Gerar  did 
strive  with  Isaac's  herdmen,   saying, 
The  water  is  ours  :   and  he  called  the 
name  of  the  well  Esek   (Strife) ;  be- 
cause they  strove  with  him. 

16  And  they  digged  another  well, 
and  strove  for  that  also :  and  he  called 
the  name  of  it  Sitnah  (Quarrel). 


17  And  he    removed   from   thence, 
and  digged  another  well ;  and  for  that 
they  strove   not :    and  he  called  the 
name  of  it  Rehoboth  (Enlargement) ; 
and  he  said,  For  now  the  LORD  hath 
made  room  for  us,  and  we  shall  be 
fruitful  in  the  land. 

18  And  he  went  up  from  thence  to 
Beer-sheba. 

19  And   the   LORD    appeared  unto 
him  the  same^  night,  and  said,  I  am 
the  God  of  Abraham  thy  father :  fear 
not,  for  I  am  with  thee,  and  will  bless 
thee,  and  multiply  thee  for  my  servant 
Abraham's  sake. 

20  And  he  builded  an  altar  there, 
and  called  upon  the  name  of  the  LORD, 
and  pitched  "Tiis  tent  there  :  and  there 
Isaac's  servants  digged  a  well. 

21  Then    Abimelech   went   to    him 
from  Gerar,  and  Ahuzzath  one  of  his 
friends,  and  Phichol  the  chief  captain 
of  his  army. 

22  And  Isaac  said  unto  them,  Where- 
fore come  ye  to  me,  seeing  ye  hate 
me,  and  have  sent  me  away  from  you? 

23  And  they  said,  We  saw  certainly 
that  the  LORD  was  with  thee  :    and 

I  we  said,  Let  there  be  now  an  oath  be- 
twixt us,  even  between  us  and  thee, 
and  let  us  make  a  covenant  with  thee ; 

24  That  thou  wilt  do  us  no  hurt,  as 
we  have  not  touched  thee,  and  as  we 
have  done  unto  thee  nothing  but  good, 
and  have  sent  thee   away  in  peace : 
thou  art  now  the  blessed  of  the  LORD. 

25  And  he  made  them  a  feast,  and 
they  did  eat  and  drink. 

26  And  they  rose  up  betimes  in  the 
I  morning,    and    swore   peace    one    to 

another :   and  Isaac  sent  them  away, 
and  they  departed  from  him  in  peace. 

27  And   it  came  to  pass  the  same 
day,  that  Isaac's  servants  came,  and 
told  him  concerning  the  well   which 


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GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 


they  had  digged,  and  said  unto  him, 
We  have  found  water. 

28  And  he  called  it  Shebah  (Swear- 
ing) :  therefore  the  name  of  the  city  is 
Beer-sheba  unto  this  day. 

29  And  Esau  took  to  wife  Judith 
the  daughter  of  Beeri  the  Hittite,  and 
Bassemath  the  daughter  of  Elon  the 
Hittite : 

30  Which  were  a  grief  of  mind  unto 
Isaac  and  to  Rebekah.  . 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that  when 
Isaac  was  old,  and  his  eyes  were 
dim,  so  that  he  could  not  see,  he  called 
Esau  his  eldest  son,  and  said  unto 
him,  My  son :  and  he  said  unto  him, 
Behold,  here  am  I. 

2  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  I  am 
old,  I  know  not  the  day  of  my  death : 

3  Now  therefore  take,  I  pray  thee, 
thy  weapons,  thy  quiver  and  thy  bow, 
and  go  out  to  the  field,  and  take  me 
some  venison ; 

4  And  make  me  savouiy  meat,  such 
as  I  love,  and  bring  it  to  me,  that  I 
may  eat ;  that  my  soul  may  bless  thee 
before  I  die. 

5  And  Rebekah  heard  when  Isaac 
spake  to  Esau  his   son.     And  Esau 
went  to  the  field  to  hunt  for  venison, 
and  to  bring  it. 

6  And  Rebekah  spoke  unto  Jacob 
her  son,   saying,  Behold,  I  heard  thy 
father  speak  unto  Esau  thy  brother, 
saying, 

7  Bring  me  venison,  and  make  me 
savoury  meat,   that  I  may  eat,  and 
bless  thee  before  the  LORD  before  my 
death. 

8  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my 
voice  according  to  that  which  I  com- 
mand thee. 

9  Go  now  to  the  flock,  and  fetch  me 


from  thence  two  good  kids  of  the 
goats  ;  and  I  will  make  them  savoury 
meat  for  thy  father,  such  as  he  loveth : 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  it  to  thy 
father,  that  he  may  eat,  and  that  he 
may  bless  thee  before  his  death. 

11  And  Jacob  said   to  Rebekah  his 
mother,  Behold,  Esau  my  brother  is  a 
hairy  man,  and  I  am  a  smooth  man : 

12  My  father  peradventure  will  feel 
me,  and  I  shall  seem  to  him  as  a  de- 
ceiver ;  and  I  shall  bring  a  curse  upon 
me,  and  not  a  blessing. 

13  And  his  mother  said  unto- him, 
Upon  me  be  thy  curse,  my  son  :   only 
obey  my  voice,  and  go  fetch  me  them. 

14  And  he  went,  and  fetched,  and 
brought  them  to  his  mother :  and  his 
mother  made  savoury  meat,  such  as 
his  father  loved. 

15  And  Rebekah  took  the  goodly  rai- 
ment of  her  eldest  son  Esau,    which 
were  with  her  in  the  house,  and  put 
them  upon  Jacob  her  younger  son : 

10  And  she  put  the  skins  of  the  kids 
of  the  goats  upon  his  hands,  and  upon 
the  smooth  of  his  neck  : 

17  And  she  gave  the  savoury  meat 
and  the  bread,    which  she  had  pre- 
pared, into  the  hand  of  her  son  Jacob. 

18  And  he  came  unto   his   father, 
and   said,   My  father:   and  he  said, 
Here  am  I ;  who  art  thou  my  son? 

19  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  father, 
I  am  Esau  thy  firstborn ;  I  have  done 
according  as  thou  badest  me  :  arise,  I 
pray  thee,  sit  and  eat  of  my  venison, 
that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 

20  And  Isaac   said   unto   his   son, 
How  is  it  that  thou  hast  found  it  so 
quickly,  niy  son?  And  he  said,  Because 
the  LORD  thy  God  brought  it  to  me. 

21  And  Isaac  said  unto  Jacob,  Come 
near,   I  pray  thee,  that  I  may  feel 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 


GENESIS. 


29 


thee,  my  son,  whether  thou  be  my  son 
Esau  or  not. 

22  And  Jacob  went  near  unto  Isaac 
his  father ;  and  he  felt  him,  and  said, 
The  voice  is  Jacob's  voice,   but  the 
hands  are  the  hands  of  Esau. 

23  And  he  discerned  him  not,  be- 
cause his  hands  were  hairy,   as  his 
brother  Esau's  hands :  so  he  blessed 
him. 

24  And  he  said,  Art  thou  my  very 
son  Esau?  And  he  said,  I  am. 

25  And  he   said,  Bring  it  near  to 
me,  and  I  will  eat  of  my  son's  venison, 
that  my  soul  may  bless  thee.    And  he 
brought  it  near  to  him^  and  he  did  eat : 
and  he  brought   him   wine,    and  he 
drank. 

26  And  his  father  Isaac  said   unto 
him,    Come  near  now,   and  kiss  me, 
my  son. 

27  And  he  came   near,  and  kissed 
him  :  and  he  smelled  the  smell  of  his 
raiment,  and  blessed  him,  and  said, 
See,   the  smell  of  my  son  is  as  the 
smell  of  the  field  which  the  LORD  hath 
blessed : 

28  Therefore  God  give  thee  of  the 
dew  of  heaven,  and  the  fatness  of  the 
earth,  and  plenty  of  corn  and  wine  : 

29  Let  people  serve  thee,  and  nations 
bow  down  to  thee :  be  lord  over  thy 
brethren,  and  let  thy  mother's  sons 
bow  down  to  thee  :   cursed  be  every 
one  that  curseth  thee,  and  blessed  be 
he  that  blesseth  thee. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
Isaac  had  made  an  end  of  blessing 
Jacob,  and  Jacob  was  yet  scarce  gone 
out  from  the  presence  of   Isaac  his 
father,  that  Esau  his  brother  came  in 
from  his  hunting. 

31  And  he  also  had  made  savoury 
meat,  and  brought  it  unto  his  father, 
and  said  unto  his  father,  Let  my  father 


arise,   and  -eat  of  his  son's  venison, 
that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 

32  And  Isaac  his  father  said  ihito 
him,  Who  art  thou?  And  he  said,  I 
am  thy  son,  thy  firstborn,  Esau. 

33  And  Isaac  trembled  very  exceed- 
ingly,  and  said,   Who?  where  is  he 
that  hath  taken  venison,  and  brought 
it  me,  and  I  have  eaten  of  all  before 
thou  earnest,  and  have  blessed  him? 
yea,  and  he  shall  be  blessed. 

34  And  when  Esau  heard  the  words 
of  his  father,  he  cried  with  a   great 
and  exceeding  bitter   cry,   and    said 
unto  his  father,  Bless  me,   even  me 
also,  0  my  father. 

35  And  he  said,  Thy  brother  came 
with  subtilty,  and  hath  taken  away 
thy  blessing. 

36  And  he  said,  Is  not  he  rightly 
named  Jacob?  for  he  hath  supplanted 
me  these  two  times :  he  took  away  my 
birthright ;  and,  behold,  now  he  hath 
taken  away  my  blessing.  And  he  said, 
Hast  thou  not  reserved  a  blessing  for 
me? 

37  And   Isaac   answered   and    said 
unto  Esau,  Behold,  I  have  made  him 
thy  lord,  and  all  his  brethren  have  I 
given  to  him  for  servants ;  and  with 
corn  and  wine  have  I  sustained  him : 
and  what  shall  I  do  now  unto  thee,  my 
son? 

38  And  Esau  said  unto  his  father, 
Hast  thou  but  one  blessing,  my  father? 
bless  me,  even  me  also,  0  my  father. 
And  Esau  lifted  up  his  voice,   and 
wept. 

39  And  Isaac  his  father  answered 
and  said  unto  him,  Behold,  thy  dwel- 
ling shall  be  the  fatness  of  the  earth, 
and  of  the  dew  of  heaven  from  above ; 

40  And  by  the  sword  shalt  thou  live, 
and  shalt  serve  thy  brother:    and  it 
shall  come  to  pass  when  thou  shalt 


30 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


have  the  dominion,   that  thou  shalt 
break  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck. 

41  And  Esau  hated  Jacob  because 
of  the  blessing  wherewith  his  father 
blessed  him :   and  Esau  said  in  his 
heart,  The  days  of  mourning  for  my 
father  are  at  hand  ;  then  will  I  slay 
my  brother  Jacob. 

42  And  these  words  of   Esau  her 
elder  son  were  told  to  Rebekah  :   and 
she  sent  and  called  Jacob  her  younger 
son,  and  said  unto  him,  Behold,  thy 
brother  Esau  doth  intend  to  kill  thee. 

43  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my 
voice;  and  arise,  flee  thou  to  Laban 
my  brother  to  Haran  ; 

44  And  tarry  with  him  a  few  days, 
until  thy  brother's  fury  turn  away  ; 

45  Until  thy  brother's   anger   turn 
away  from  thee,  and  he  forget  that 
which  thou  hast  done  to  him  :   then  I 
will  send,  and  fetch  thee  from  thence : 
why  should  I  be  deprived  also  of  you 
both  in  one  day? 

46  And  Rebekah  said  to  Isaac,  I  am 
weary    of    my   life    because    of    the 
daughters   of    Heth,    such   as   these 
which  are  of  the    daughters   of   the 
land,  what  good  shall  my  life  do  me? 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


A 


ND  Isaac  called  Jacob,  and  blessed 
him,  and  charged  him,  and  said 
unto  him,  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife 
of  the  daughters  of  Canaan. 

2  Arise,  go  to  Padan-aram,  to  the 
house  of  Bethuel  thy  mother's  father ; 
and  take  thee  a  wife  from  thence  of 
the  daughters  of  Laban  thy  mother's 
brother. 

3  And  God  Almighty  bless  thee,  and 
make  thee  fruitful,  and  multiply  thee, 
that  thou  mayest  be  a  multitude  of 
people ; 

4  And    give   thee   the   blessing   of 


I  Abraham,  to  thee,  and  to  thy  children 
with  the ;  that  thou  mayest  inherit 
the  land  wherein  thou  art  a  stranger, 
which  God  gave  unto  Abraham. 

5  And  Isaac  sent  away  Jacob  :   and 
he  went  to  Padan-aram  unto  Laban, 
son  of  Bethuel  the  Syrian,  the  brother 
of    Rebekah,    Jacob's    and     Esau's 
mother. 

6  And  Jacob  went  out  from  Beer- 
sheba,  and  went  toward  Haran. 

7  And  he    lighted  upon    a   certain 
place,  and  tarried  there  all  night,  be- 
cause the  sun  had  set  ^  and  he  took  of 
the  stones  of  that  place,  and  put  them 
for  his  pillows,  and  lay  down  in  that 
place  to  sleep. 

8  And  he   dreamed,  and   behold  a 
ladder  set  up  on  the  earth,  and  the 
top  of  it  reached  to  heaven  :   and  be- 
hold the  angels  of  God  ascending  and 
descending  on  it. 

9  And,  behold,  the  LORD  stood  above 
him,  and  said,  I  am  the  LORD  God  of 
Abraham  thy  father,  and  the  God  of 
Isaac :  the  land  whereon  thou  liest,  to 
thee  will  I  give  it,  and  to  thy  children ; 

10  And  thy  children  shall  be  as  the 
dust  of  the  earth ;    and    thou   shalt 
spread  abroad  to  the  west,  and  to  the 
east,   and  to  the  north,   and  to  the 
south :  and  in  thee  and  in  thy  children 
shall  all  the  families  of  the  earth  be 
blessed. 

11  And,  behold,  I  am  with  thee,  and 
will  keep  thee  in  all  places  whither 
thou  goest,  and  will  bring  thee  again 
into  this  land  ;  for  I  will  not  leave 
thee,  until  I  have  done  that  which  I 
have  spoken  to  thee  of. 

12  And  Jacob   awaked  out  of   his 
sleep,  and  he  said,  Surely  the  LORD  is 
in  this  place ;  and  I  knew  it  not. 

13  And  he  was  afraid,   and   said, 
How  sublime  is  this  place  !    this  is 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 


GENESIS. 


31 


none  other  but  the  house  of  G-od,  and 
this  is  the  gate  of  heaven. 

14  And  Jacob  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  took  the  stone  that  he 
had  put  for  his  pillows,  and  set  it  up 
for  a  pillar,  and  poured  oil  upon  the 
top  of  it. 

15  And  he  called  the  name  of  that 
place  Beth-el :  but  the  name  of  that 
city  was  called  Luz  at  the  first. 

16  And  Jacob  vowed  a  vow,  saying, 
If  God  will  be  with  me,  and  will  keep 
me  in  this  way  that  I  go,  and  will  give 
me  bread  to  eat,  and  raiment  to  put  on, 

17  So   that   I   come    again   to    my 
father's  house  in  peace;  then  shall  the 
LORD  be  my  God  : 

18  And  this  stone,  which  I  have  set 
for  a  pillar,  shall  be  God's  house:  and 
of  all  that  thou  shalt  give  me  I  will 
surely  give  the  tenth  unto  thee. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

Jacob  went  on  his  journey, 
and    came    into  the  land  of   the 
people  of  the  east. 

2  And  he  looked,  and  behold  a  well 
in  the  field,  and,  lo,  there  were  three 
flocks  of  sheep  lying  by  it ;  for  out  of 
that  well  they  watered  the  flocks :  and 
a   great   stone   was   upon  the  well's 
mouth. 

3  And  thither  were  all  the    flocks 
gathered :    and  they  rolled  the  stone 
from  the  well's  mouth,  and  watered  the 
sheep,  and  put  the  stone  again  upon 
the  well's  mouth  in  his  place. 

4  And  Jacob  said  unto   them,    My 
brethren,  whence  be  ye?     And  they 
said,  Of  Haran  are  we. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Know  ye 
Laban  the  son  of  Nahor?   And  they 
said,  We  know  him. 

6  And  he   said  unto  them,    Is   he 
well?  And  they  said,  He  is  well:  and, 


behold,  Rachel  his  daughter  Cometh 
with  the  sheep. 

7  And  he  said,   Lo,  it  is  yet  high 
day,  neither  is  it  time  that  the  cattle 
should  be  gathered  together :     water 
ye  the  sheep,  and  go  and  feed  them. 

8  And  they  said,  We  cannot,  until 
all  the  flocks  be  gathered  together, 
and  till  they  roll  the  stone  from  the 
well's  mouth ;  then  we  water  the  sheep. 

9  And  while  he  yet  spoke  with  them, 
Rachel  came  with  her  father's  sheep : 
for  she  kept  them. 

1 0  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jacob 
saw  Rachel  the  daughter  of  Laban  his 
mother's  brother,   and  the   sheep  of 

|  Laban  his  mother's  brother,  that  Ja- 
cob went  near,  and  rolled  the  stone 
from  the  well's  mouth,  and  watered  the 
flock  of  Laban  his  mother's  brother. 

11  And  Jacob  kissed  Rachel,    and 
lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept. 

12  And  Jacob  told  Rachel  that  he 
was  her  father's  brother,  and  that  he 
was  Rebekah's  son :  and  she  ran  and 
told  her  father. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  La- 
ban  heard  the  tidings  of  Jacob  his 
sister's  son,  that  he  ran  to  meet  him, 
and  embraced  him,   and  kissed  him, 
and  brought  him  to  his  house.     And 
he  told  Laban  all  these  things. 

14  And  Laban  said  to  him,  Surely 
thou  art  my  bone  and  my  flesh.     And 
he  abode  with  him  the  space   of   a 
month. 

15  And  Laban  said  unto  Jacob,  Be- 
cause thou  art  my  brother,  shouldest 
thou  therefore  serve  me  for  nought? 
tell  me,  what  shall  thy  wages  be? 

16  And  Laban  had  two  daughters : 
the  name  of  the  elder  was  Leah,  and 
and  the  name  of  the  younger  was  Ra,- 
chel. 


32 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXX. 


17  Leah  was  weak-eyed ;  but  Rachel 
was  beautiful  and  well  favoured. 

18  And  Jacob  loved   Rachel ;    and 
said,  I  will  serve  thee  seven  years  for 
Rachel  thy  younger  daughter. 

19  And  Laban  said,  It  is  better  that 
I  give  her  to  thee,  than  that  I  should 
give  her  to  another  man:  abide  with  me. 

20  And  Jacob  served  seven  years  for 
Rachel ;    and  they  seemed  unto  him 
but  a  few  days,  for  the  love  he  had  to 
her. 

21  And  Jacob  said  unto  Laban,  Give 
me  my  wife,  for  my  days  are  fulfilled. 

22  And  Laban  gathered  together  all 
the  men  of  the  place,  and  made  a  feast. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  when  the 
wedding-hour  arrived,   that   he   took 
Leah  his  daughter,  and  brought  her 
to  him. 

24  And  Laban  gave  unto  his  daugh- 
ter Leah  Zilpah  his  maid  for  a  hand- 
maid. 

25  And  Jacob  said  to  Laban,  What 
is  this  thou  hast  done  unto  me?  did 
not   I   serve   with   thee  for  Rachel? 
wherefore  then  hast  thou  beguiled  me  ? 

26  And  Laban  said,  It  must  not  be 
so  done  in  our  country,  to  give  the 
younger  before  the  firstborn. 

27  Fulfil  her  week,  and  we  will  give 
thee  this  also  for  the  service  which 
thou  shalt  serve  with  me  yet  seven 
other  years. 

28  And  Jacob  did  so,  and  fulfilled 
her  week:  and  he  gave  him  Rachel 
his  daughter  to  wife  also. 

29  And  Laban  gave  to  Rachel  his 
daughter  Bilhah  his  handmaid  to  be 
her  maid. 

30  And  he  loved  Rachel  more  than 
Leah,  and  served  with  him  yet  seven 
other  years. 

31  And  there  were  born  unto  Jacob 
twelve  sons  and  one  daughter. 


32  Leah   bare  unto   him:    Reuben, 
Simeon,   Levi,   Judah,   Lssachar   and 
Zebulun,  and  one  daughter,  Dinah ; 

33  Zilpah,  Leah's  maid,  bare  him 
two  sons:   Gad  and  Asher; 

34  Bilhah  Rachel's  maid  bare  him 
two  sons :  Dan  and  Naphtali. 

35  And  Rachel  had  two  sons :  Joseph 
and  Benjamin. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Rachel 

had  born  Joseph,  that  Jacob  said 

unto  Laban,   Send  me  away,  that  I 

may  go  unto  mine  own  place,  and  to 

my  country. 

2  Give  me  my  wives  and  my  children, 
for  whom  I  have  served  thee,   and  let 
me  go:  for  thou  knowest  my  service 
which  I  have  done  thee. 

3  And  Laban  said  unto  him,  I  pray 
thee,  if  I  have  found  favour  in  thine 
eyes,  tarry:    for  I  have  learned  by 
divination  that  the  LORD  hath  blessed 
me  for  thy  sake. 

4  And    he   said,    Appoint   me   thy 
wages,  and  I  will  give  it. 

5  And   he    said   unto    him,     Thou 
knowest  how  I  have  served  thee,  and 
how  thy  cattle  was  with  me. 

6  For  it  was  little  which  thou  hadst 
before  I  came,  and  it  is  now  increased 
unto  a  multitude ;  and  the  LORD  hath 
blessed  thee  since  my  coming:    and, 
now,  when  shall  I  provide  for  mine 
own  house  also  ? 

7  And  he  said,  What  shall  I  give 
thee  ?     And  Jacob  said,   Thou  shalt 
not  give  me  any  thing :    if  thou  wilt 
do  this  thing  for  me,  I  will  again  feed 
and  keep  thy  flock. 

8  I  will  pass  through  all  thy  flock  to 
day,    removing   from   thence  all  the 
speckled  and  spotted  cattle,  and  all  the 
brown  cattle  among  the  sheep,  and  the 


CHAPTER  XXXI. 


GENESIS. 


33 


spotted  and  speckled  among  the  goats: 
and  of  such  shall  be  my  hire. 

9  So  shall  my  righteousness  answer 
for  me  in  time  to  come,  when  it  shall 
come  for  my  hire  before  thy  face:  every 
one  that  is  not  speckled  and  spotted 
among  the  goats,  and  brown  among 
the  sheep,  that  shall  be  counted  stolen 
with  me. 

10  And  Laban  said,  Behold,  I  would 
it  might  be  according  to  thy  word. 

11  And  the  man  increased  exceed- 
ingly, and  had  much  cattle,  and  maid- 
servants, and  menservants,  and  camels, 
and  asses. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

A  ND  Jacob  heard  the  words  of  La- 
ban's   sons,   saying,    Jacob    hath 
taken  away  all  that  was  our  father's; 
and  of  that  which  was  our  father's 
hath  he  gotten  all  this  glory. 

2  And  Jacob  beheld  the  countenance 
of  Laban,  and,  behold,  it  was  not- to- 
ward him  as  before. 

3  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Jacob, 
Return  unto  the  land  of  thy  fathers, 
and  to  thy  kindred;  and  I  will  be  with 
thee. 

4  And  Jacob  sent  and  called  Rachel 
and  Leah  to  the  field  unto  his  flock, 

5  And  said  unto  them,  I  see  your 
father's  countenance,   that  it  is   not 
toward  me  as  before ;  but  the  God  of 
my  father  hath  been  with  me. 

6  And  ye  know  that  with  all  my 
power  I  have  served  your  father. 

7  And  the  angel  of  God  spake  unto 
me  in  a  dream,  saying,  Jacob :    and  I 
said,  Here  am  I. 

8  And  he  said,   I  am  the  God  of 
Beth-el,   where   thou   anointedst   the 
pillar,  and  where  thou  vowedst  a  vow 
unto  me :   now  arise,  get  thee  out  from 


this  land,  and  return  unto  the  land  of 
thy  kindred. 

9  And  Rachel  and  Leah  answered 
and  said  unto  him,  Is  there  yet  any 
portion  or  inheritance  for  us  in  our 
father's  house  ? 

10  Are  we  not  counted  of  him  as 
strangers?  Now  then,  whatsoever  God 
hath  said  unto  thee,  do. 

11  Then  Jacob  rose  up,  and  set  his 
sons  and  his  wives  upon  camels ; 

12  And  he  carried  away  all  his  cattle, 
and  all  his  goods  which  he  had  gotten 
in   Padan-aram,    to  go  to  Isaac  his 
father  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

13  And  Laban  went  to  shear  his 
sheep:    and  Rachel   had    stolen    the 
images  that  were  her  father's. 

14  And  Jacob  stole  away  unawares 
to  Laban  the  Syrian,  in  that  he  told 
him  not  that  he  fled. 

15  So  he  fled  with  all  that  he  had ; 
and  he  rose  up,  and  passed  over  the 
river,   and  set  his   face   toward   the 
mount  Gilead. 

16  And  it  was  told  Laban  on  the 
third  day,  that  Jacob  was  fled. 

17  And  he  took  his  brethren  with 
him,  and  pursued  after  him  seven  days' 
journey ;  and  they  overtook  him  in  the 
mount  Gilead. 

18  And  God  came  to  Laban  the  Sy- 
rian in  a  dream  by  night,  and  said 
unto  him,  Take  heed,  that  thou  speak 
not  to  Jacob  either  good  or  bad. 

19  Then    Laban     overtook    Jacob. 
Now  Jacob  had  pitched  his  tent  in  the 
mount :    and  Laban  with  his  brethren 
pitched  in  the  mount  of  Gilead. 

20  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  What 
hast  thou  done,  that  thou  hast  stolen 
away  unawares  to  me,    and  carried 
away  my  daughters,  as  captives  taken 
with  the  sword  ? 

21  Wherefore  didst  thou  flee  away 


34  GENESIS.  CHAPTER  xxxi. 

secretly,  and  steal  away  from  me;  and  j  what  is  my  sin,  that  thou  hast  so  hotly 
didst  not  tell  me,   that  I  might  have  I  pursued  after  me  ? 
sent  thee  away  with  mirth,  and  with !    31  Whereas  thou  hast  searched  all 
songs,  with  tabret,  and  with  harp?      j  my  stuff,  what  hast  thou  found  of  all 

22  And  hast  not  suffered  me  to  kiss  |  thy  household  stuff?  set  it  here  before 
my  sons  and  my  daughters?  thou  hast ;  my  brethren  and  thy  brethren,   that 
now  done  foolishly  in  so  doing.  j  they  may  judge  between  us  both. 

23  It  is  in  the  power  of  my  hand  to  !    32  These  twenty  3Tears  have  I  been 
do  you  hurt:    but  the   God   of  your  Wlth  thee;    thy  ewes  and  thy  goats 


father  spake  unto  me  yesternight,  say- 
ing, Take  thou  heed  that  thou  speak 
not  to  Jacob  either  good  or  bad. 

24  And  now,  though  thou  wouldest 
needs  be  gone,  because  thou  sore 
longedst  after  thy  father's  house,  yet 
wherefore  hast  thou  stolen  my  gods  ? 


have  not  suffered,  and  the  rams  of  thy 
flock  have  I  not  eaten. 
33  That  which  was  torn  of  beasts  I 


of  it ;  of  my  hand  didst  thou  require 
it,  whether  stolen  by  day,  or  stolen  by 
night. 
34  Thus  was  I  treated ;    in  the  day 


iw  r».:«a  -T      i-  j       j      •*  ±    \    °*  -i-fius  was  ±  irearea      m  me  aay 

2o  AndJacob  answered  and  said  to   the  d        ht  consumed  and  the 

1 


said,  Perad venture  thou  wouldest  take 
by  force  thy  daughters  from  me. 

26  With  whomsoever  thou  findest  thy 
gods,    let  him   not  live:     before  our 


frost  by  night ;  and  my  sleep  departed 
from  mine  eyes. 

35  Thus  have  I  been  twenty  years 
in  thy  house :  I  served  thee  fourteen 
years  for  thy  two  daughters,  and  six 


brethen  discern  thou  what  is  thine  with  !years  for  thy  cattle;    and  thou  hagt 

me,  and  take  it  to  thee.      But  Jacob  !  dinged  my  wages  ten  times. 

knew  not  that  Rachel  had  stolen  them.  I    36  Except  the  God  of  my  father> 

27  And  Laban   went   into   Jacob's  j  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  fear  of 
tent,  and  into  Leah's  tent,   and  into  Isaac,  had  been  with  me,  surely  thou 
the  two  maidservants'  tents ;    but  he   hadst  sent  me  away  now  empty.'  God 
found  them  not.      Then  went  he  out  j  hath  seen  mine  affliction  and  the  labour 
of    Leah's    lent,     and    entered    into  j  of  my  ha'  ds,  and  rebuked  thee y ester- 
Rachel's  tent.  night. 

28  Now  Rachel  had  taken  the  im-  j    37  And  Laban  answered   and  said 
ages,  and  put  them  in  the  camel's  fur-   unto  Jacob,  These  daughters  are  my 


niture,  and  sat  upon  them.  And  Laban 
searched  all  the  tent,  but  found  them 
not. 
29  And  she  said  to  her  father,  Let 


daughters,  and  these  children  are  my 
children,  and  these  cattle  are  my  cattle, 
and  all  that  thou  seest  is  mine :  and 
what  can  I  do  this  day  unto  these  my 


it  not  displease  my  lord  that  I  cannot  |  daughters,  or  unto  their  children  which 
rise  up  before  thee;  for  I  am  not  well.  j  they  have  born? 
And  he  searched,  but  found  not  the  j    38  Now  therefore  come  thou,   let  us 
images.  make  a  covenant,  I  and  thou;  and  let 

30  And  Jacob  was  wroth,  and  chode  j  it  be  for  a  witness  between  me  and  thee. 
with  Laban :  and  Jacob  answered  and  |  39  And  Jacob  took  a  stone,  and  set 
said  to  Laban,  What  is  my  trespass  ?  it  up  for  a  pillar. 


CHAPTER  XXXII. 


GENESIS. 


35 


40  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  brethren, 
Gather  stones ;  and  they  took  stones, 
and  made  a  heap :    and  they  did  eat 
there  upon  the  heap. 

41  And  Laban  called  it  Jegar-saha- 
dutha  :   but  Jacob  called  it  Galeed. 

42  And  Laban  said,  This  heap  is  a 
witness  between  me  and^thee  this  day. 
Therefore  was  the  name  of  it  called 
Galeed, 

43  And  Mizpah;   for  he  said,  The 
LORD  watch  between  me  and   thee, 
when  we  are  absent  one  from  another. 

44  If  thou  shalt  afflict  niy  daughters, 
or  if  thou  shalt  take  other  wives  beside 
my  daughters,  no  man  is  with  us:  see, 
God  is  witness  between  me  and  thee. 

45  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Behold 
this  heap,  and  behold  this  pillar,  which 
I  have  cast  between  me  and  thee ; 

46  This  heap  be  witness,   and  this 
pillar  be  witness,  that  I  will  not  pass 
over  this  heap  to  thee,  and  that  thou 
shalt  not  pass  over  this  heap  and  this 
pillar  unto  me,  for  harm. 

47  The  God  of  Abraham,  and  the 
God  of  Nahor,  the  God  of  their  father, 
judge  between  us.     And  Jacob  sware 
by  the  fear  of  his  father  Isaac. 

48  Then  Jacob  offered  sacrifice  upon 
the  mount,  and  called  his  brethren  to 
eat  bread :    and  they  did  eat  bread, 
and  tarried  all  night  on  the  mount. 

49  And  early  in  the  morning  Laban 
rose  up,  and  kissed  his  sons  and  his 
daughters,    and   blessed    them:    and 
Laban  departed,   and   returned  unto 
his  place. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

A  ND  Jacob  went  on  his  way,  and 
«  the  angels  of  God  met  him. 

2  And  when  Jacob  saw  them,  he  said, 
This  is  God's  host:  and  he  called  the 
name  of  that  place  Mahanaim. 


3  And  Jacob  sent  messengers  before 
him  to  Esau  his  brother  unto  the  land 
of  Seir,  the  country  of  Edom. 

4  And  he  commanded  them,  saying, 
Thus  shall  ye  speak  unto  my  lord  Esau; 
Thy  servant  Jacob  saith  thus,  I  have 
sojourned    with    Laban,     and    stayed 
there  until  -now : 

5  Arid    I    have    oxen,    and    asses, 
flocks,   and  men-servants,  and  maid- 
servants: and  I  have  sent  to  tell  my 
lord,  that  I  may  find  grace  in  thy  sight. 

0  And  the  messengers  returned  to 
Jacob,  saying,  We  came  to  thy  brother 
Esau,  and  also  he  cometh  to  meet  thee, 
and  four  hundred  men  with  him. 

7  Then   Jacob    was    greatly   afraid 
and  distressed :    and  he   divided  the 
people  that  was  with  him,   and  the 
flocks,  and  herds,  and  the  camels,  into 
two  bands ; 

8  And  said,  If  Esau  come  to  the  one 
company,  and  smite  it,  then  the  other 
company  which  is  left  shall  escape. 

9  And  Jacob  said,   0  God  of  my 
father  Abraham,  and  God  of  my  father 
Isaac,  the  LORD  which  saidst  unto  me, 
Return  unto  thy  country,  and  to  thy 
kindred,  and  I  will  deal  well  with  thee: 

10  I  am  not  worthy  of  the  least  of 
all  the  mercies,  and  of  all  the  truth, 
which  thou  hast  shewed  unto  thy  ser- 
vant ;  for  with  my  staff  I  passed  over 
this  Jordan ;    and  now  I  am  become 
two  camps. 

11  Deliver  me,  I  pray  thee,  from  the 
hand  of  my  brother,  from  the  hand  of 
Esau:  for  I  fear  him,  lest  he  will  come 
and  smite  me,  both,  the  mother  with 
the  children. 

12  And  thou  saidst,  I  will  surely  do 
thee  good,  and  make  thy  offspring  as 
the  sand  of  the  sea,  which  cannot  be 
numbered  for  multitude. 

13  And  he  lodged  there  that  same 


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GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXXIII. 


night ;  and  took  of  that  which  came  to  | 
his  hand  a  present  for  Esau  his  brother;  \ 

14  Two    hundred     she- goats     and j 
twenty  he- goats,    two  hundred  ewes  j 
and  twenty  rams, 

15  Thirty  milch  camels  with  their ! 
colts,  forty  kine  and  ten  bulls,  twenty ! 
asses  and  ten  foals. 

16  And  he  delivered  them  into  the  j 
hand  of  his  servants,   every  drove  by ' 
themselves ;  „  and  said  unto   his   ser- ; 
vants,  Pass  over  before  me,  and  put j 
a  space  between  drove  and  drove. 

17  And  he  commanded  the  foremost,  ; 
saying,  When  Esau  my  brother  meeteth  : 
thee,  and  asketh  thee,  saying,  Whose 
art  thou  ?    and  whither  goest  thou  ?  j 
and  whose  are  these  before  thee  ? 

18  Then  thou  shalt  say,  They  be  thy  ; 
servant  Jacob's ;  it  is  a  present  sent  | 
unto  my  lord  Esau:  and,  behold,  also  \ 
he  is  behind  us. 

19  And  so  commanded  he  the  second, 
and  the  third,  and  all  that  followed  • 
the  droves,   saying,  On  this  manner ; 
shall  ye  speak  unto  Esau,    when  ye ! 
find  him. 

20  And  say  ye  moreover,    Behold,  ! 
thy  servant  Jacob  is  behind  us.     For  i 
he  said,  I  will  appease  him  with  the  j 
present  that  goeth   before    me,    and  j 
afterward  I  will  see  his  face ;    perad- 
venture  he  will  accept  of  me. 

21  So  went  the  present  over  before  ! 
him ;  and  he  himself  lodged  that  night 
in  the  company. 

22  And  he  rose  up  that  night,  and 
took  his  two  wives,  and  his  two  women- 
servants,    and   his    eleven  sons,   and 
passed  over  the  ford  Jabbok. 

23  And  he  took  them,  and  sent  them 
over  the  brook,  and  sent  over  all  that 
he  had. 

24  And  Jacob  was  left  alone :    and 


there  wrestled  a  man  with  him  until 
the  breaking  of  the  day. 

25  And  when  he  saw  that  he  pre- 
vailed not  against  him,  he  touched  the 
hollow  of  his  thigh;  and  the  hollow  of 
Jacob's  thigh  was  out  of  joint,  as  he 
wrestled  with  him. 

26  And  he  said,  Let  me  go,  for  the 
day  breaketh.    And  he  said,  I  will  not 
let  thee  go,  except  thou  wilt  bless  me. 

27  And  he  said  unto  him.   What  is 
thy  name  ?     And  he  said,  Jacob. 

28  And  he  said,  Thy  name  shall  be 
called  no  more  Jacob,  but  Israel :  for 
as  a  prince  hast  thou  power  with  God 
and  with  men,  and  hast  prevailed. 

29  And  Jacob  asked  him,  and  said, 
Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  thy  name.    And 
he  said,  Wherefore  dost  thou  ask  after 
my  name  ?   And  he  blessed  him  there. 

30  And  Jacob  called  the  name  of  the 
place  Peniel:   for  I  have  seen  God  face 
to  face,  and  my  life  is  preserved. 

31  And  as  he  passed  over  Penuel  the 
sun  rose  upon  him,  and  he  halted  upon 
his  thigh. 

CHAPTER  XXXHI. 

A  ND  Jacob  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
looked,  and,  behold,  Esau  came, 
and  with  him  four  hundred  men.  And 
he  divided  the  children  unto  Leah, 
and  unto  Rachel,  and  unto  the  two 
handmaids. 

2  And  he  put  the  handmaids  and 
their  children  foremost,  and  Leah  and 
her  children   after,    and  Rachel  and 
Joseph  hindermost. 

3  And  he  passed  over  before  them, 
and  bowed  himself  to  the  ground  seven 
times,  until  he  came  near  to  his  brother. 

4  And  Esau  ran  to  meet  him,   %pd 
embraced  him,  and  fell  on  his  neck, 
and  kissed  him:   and  they  wept. 

5  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw 


CHAPTER  XXXIV. 


GENESIS. 


37 


the  women  and  the  children,  and  said,  15  And  Esau  said,  Let  me  now  leave 
Who  are  those  with  thee  ?  And  he  with  thee  some  of  the  folk  that  are 
said,  The  children  which  God  hath  j  with  me.  And  he  said,  What  needeth 
graciously  given  thy  servant.  I  it  ?  let  me  find  grace  in  the  sight  of 


6  Then  the  handmaidens  came  near, 
they   and    their   children,    and   they 
bowed  themselves. 

7  And  Leah  also  with  with  her  chil- 
dren came   near,    and  bowed   them- 
selves:   and  after  came  Joseph  near 
and  Rachel,  and   they  bowed  them- 
selves. 

8  And  he  said,  What  meanest  thou 
by  all  this  drove  which  I  met  ?     And 
he  said,  These   are  to  find  grace  in 


my  lord. 

16  So  Esau  returned  that  day  on  his 
way  unto  Seir. 

17  And  Jacob  journeyed  to  Succoth, 
and  built  him  a  house,  and  made  booths 
for  his  cattle :  therefore  the  name  of 
the  place  is  called  Succoth. 

18  And  Jacob   came   safely  to  the 
city  of  Shechem,  which  is  in  the  land 
of  Canaan,  when  he  came  from  Padan- 
aram  ;  and  pitched  his  tent  before  the 

the  sight  of  my  lord.  city. 

9  And  Esau  said,   I  have   enough,  |    19  And  he  bought  a  parcel  of  a  field, 
my  brother;  keep  thou  what  thou  hast  i  where  he  had  spread  his  tent,   at  the 


unto  thyself. 

10  And  Jacob  said,  Nay,  I  pray  thee, 
if  now  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight, 
then  receive  my  present  at  my  hand : 


hand  of  the  children  of  Hamor,  Shech- 
em's  father,  for  a  hundred  pieces  of 
money. 
20  And  he  erected  there  an  altar, 


for  therefore  I  have  seen  thy  face,  as  i  and  called  it  El-Elohe-Israel,   (LORD 
though  I  had  seen  the  face  of  God,  |  God  of  Israel), 
and  thou  wast  pleased  with  me, 

11  Take,  I  pray  thee,  iny  blessing 
that  is  brought  to  thee ;  because  God 
hath  dealt  graciously  with  me,  and 


because  I  have  enough, 
him,  and  he  took  it. 

12  And  he  said,   Let  us  take  our 
journey,  and  let  us  go  together,  and 
I  will  go  before  thee. 

13  And  he  said  unto  him,  My  lord 
knoweth  that  the  children  are  tender, 
and  the  flocks  and  herds  with  their 
young  are  with  me ;  and  if  men  should 
overdrive  them  one  day,  all  the  flock 
will  die. 

14  Let  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  pass 


And  he  urged  |  the  land. 


CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

A  ND  Dinah,  the  daughter  of  Leah, 
went  out  to  see  the  daughters  of 


2  And    when   Shechem   the  son   of 
Hanior  the  Hivite,  prince  of  the  coun- 
try, saw  her,  he  took  her,  and  brought 
her  to  his  father's  house. 

3  And  his  soul  clave  unto  Dinah  the 
daughter  of  Jacob,  and  he  loved  the 
damsel,    and  spoke  kindly  unto   the 
damsel. 

4  And  Shechem  spoke  unto  his  father 
Hamor,  saying,  Get  me  this  damsel 
to  wife. 


over  before  his  servant*    and  I  will      5  And  Jacob  heard  what  befell  Dinah 
lead  on  softly,  according  as  the  cattle   his  daughter  :   now  his  sons  were  with 
that  goeth  before  me  and  the  children  j  his  cattle  in  the  field:   and  Jacob  held 
be  able  to  endure,  until  I  come  unto  his  peace  until  they  were  come, 
my  lord  unto  Seir.  6  And  Hamor  the  father  of  Shechem 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXXIV. 


went  out  unto  Jacob  to  commune  with 
him. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Jacob  came  out 
of  the  field  when  they  heard  it,   and 
the  men  were  grieved,  and  they  were 
very  wroth. 

8  And  Hamor  communed  with  them, 
saying,  The  soul  of  my  son  Shechem 
longeth  for  your  daughter:  I  pray  you 
give  her  him  to  wife. 

9  And  make  ye  marriages  with  us, 
and  give  your  daughters  unto  us,  and 
take  our  daughters  unto  you. 

10  And  ye  shall  dwell  with  us :   and 
the  land  shall  be  before  you ;    dwell 
and  trade  ye  therein,  and  get  you  pos- 
sessions therein. 

11  And  Shechem  said  unto  her  father 
and  unto  her  brethren,  Let  me  find 
grace  in  your  eyes,  and  what  ye  shall 
say  unto  me  I  will  give. 

12  Ask  me  never  so  much  dowry  and 
gift,  and  I  will  give  according  as  ye 
shall  say  unto  me  :    but  give  me  the 
damsel  to  wife. 

13  And  the  sons  of  Jacob  answered 
Shechem  and  Hamor  his  father  deceit- 
fully, and  said  unto  them,  We  cannot 
do  this  thing,  to  give  our  sister  to  one 
that  is  not  of  our  own  faith  ;   for  that 
were  a  reproach  unto  us  : 

14  But  in  this  will  we  consent  unto 
you  :   If  ye  will  be  as  we  be, 

15  Then  will  we  give  our  daughters 
unto  you,  and  we  will  take  your  daugh- 
ters to  us,  and  we  will  dwell  with  you, 
and  we  will  become  one  people. 

10  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto 
us,  then  will  we  take  our  daughter, 
and  we  will  be  gone. 

17  And  their  words  pleased  Hamor 
and  Shechem  Hamor's  son. 

18  And  the  young  man  deferred  not 
to  do  the  thing,  because  he  had  delight 
in  Jacob's-  daughter:  and  he  was  more 


honourable  than  all  the  house  of  his 
father. 

19  And  Hamor  and  Shechem  his  son 
came  unto  the  gate  of  their  city,   and 

I  communed  with  the  men  of  their  city, 
|  saying, 

|  20  These  men  are  peaceable  with  us; 
i  therefore  let  them  dwell  in  the  land, 
•  and  trade  therein;  for  the  land,  behold, 

it  is  large  enough  for  them;  let  us  take 
I  their  daughters  to  us  for  wives,  and 
!  let  us  give  them  our  daughters. 
,    21  Only  herein  will  the  men  consent 
|  unto  us  for  to  dwell  with  us,  to  be  one 
!  people,  if  we  all  be  of  their  faith. 
;    22  Shall  not  their  cattle  and  their 
I  substance  and  every  beast  of  theirs  be 

ours  ?  only  let  us  consent  unto  them, 

and  they  will  dwell  with  us. 

23  And    unto     Hamor    and    unto 
Shechem  his  son  hearkened  all  that 

|  went  out  of  the  gate  of  his  city,  and 
!  did  according  to  their  words. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  when  they 
I  were  unaware,  that  two  of  the  sons  of 
;  Jacob,    Simeon    and    Levi,     Dinah's 
i  brethren,    took  each  man  his  sword, 

I  and  came  upon  the  city  boldly,  and 
|  slew  all  the  males. 

j    25  And    they     slew     Hamor     and 
|  Shechem  his  son  with  the  edge  of  the 
|  sword,  and  took  Dinah  out  of  Sheehem's 
house,  and  went  out. 

20  And  Jacob  said  to  Simeon  and 
Levi,  Ye  have  troubled  me  to  make 
me  to  be  hated  among  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land,  among  the  Canaanites  and 
the  Perizzites  :     and  I  being  few  in 

i  number,  they  shall  gather  themselves 
together  against  me,  and  slay  me;  and 

I 1  shall  be  destroyed,  I  and  my  house. 

j  27  And  they  said,  Should  he  deal 
!  with  our  sister  in  such  a  manner  ? 


CHAPTER  XXXV. 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXXV. 

A  ND  God  said  unto  Jacob,  Arise, 
go  up  to  Beth-el,  and  dwell  there; 
and  make  there  an  altar  unto  God, 
that  appeared  unto  thee  when  thou 
didst  flee  from  the  face  of  Esau  thy 
brother. 

2  Then  Jacob  said  unto  his  house- 
hold, and  to  all  that  were  with  him, 
Put  away  the  strange  gods  that  are 
among  you,  arid  be  clean,  and  change 
your  garments  : 

3  And  let  us  arise,   and  go   up  to 
Beth-el ;    and  I  will  make  there  an 
altar  unto  God,  wrho  answered  me  in 
the  day  of  my  distress,  and  was  with 
me  in  the  way  which  I  went. 

4  And  they  gave  unto  Jacob  all  the 
strange  gods  which  were  in  their  hand, 
and  all  their  earrings  which  were  in 
their  ears  ;  and  Jacob  hid  them  under 
the  oak  which  was  by  Shechem. 

5  And  they  journeyed:  and  the  terror 
of  Grod  was  upon  the  cities  that  were 
round  about  them,  and  they  did  not 
pursue  after  the  sons  of  Jacob. 

6  So  Jacob  came  to  Luz,  which  is  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  that  is,  Beth-el, 
he  and  all  the  people  that  were  with 
him. 

7  And  he  built  there  an  altar,  and 
called  the  place  El-beth-el ;   because 
there  God  appeared  unto  him,  when 
he  fled  from  the  face  of  his  brother. 

8  There  Deborah  Rebekah's  nurse 
died,    and    she   was  buried  beneath 
Beth-el  under  an  oak  :   and  the  name 
of  it  was  called  Allon-bachuth. 

9  And   God    appeared    unto   Jacob 
again,  when  he  came  out  of  Padan- 
aram,  and  blessed  him. 

10  And  God  said  unto  him,    Thy 
name  is  Jacob:  thy  name  shall  not  be 


called  any  more  Jacob,  but  Israel  shall 
be  thy  name  ;  and  he  called  his  name 
Israel. 

11  And  God  said  unto  him,  I  am 
|  God  Almighty  :  be  fruitful  and  multi- 
ply; a  nation  and  a  company  of  nations 
shall  be  of  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  the 

I  father  of  kings. 

12  And  the  land  which  I  gave  Abra- 
j  ham  and  Isaac,  to  thee  I  will  give  it, 
I  and  to  thy  children  after  thee  will  I 
;  give  the  land. 

13  And  Jacob  set  up  a  pillar  in  the 
place  where  he  talked  with  him,  even 
a  pillar  of  stone  :     and  he  poured  a 
drink  offering  thereon,  and  he  poured 
oil  thereon. 

i  14  And  Jacob  called  the  name  of 
i  the  place  where  God  spoke  with  him, 
|  Beth-el. 

i    15  And  they  journeyed  from  Beth-el; 

|  and  there  was  but  a  little  way  to  come 

to  Ephrath,  when  Rachel  bore  a  son. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  her  soul 
was  in  departing,  (for  she  died,)  that 
she  called  his  name  Ben-oni :  but  his 

|  father  called  him  Benjamin. 

17  And  Rachel  died,  and  was  buried 
i  in  the  way  to  Ephrath,  which  is  Beth- 
|  lehem. 

18  And  Jacob  set  a  pillar  upon  her 
grave  :   that  is  the  pillar  of  Rachel's 
grave  unto  this  day. 

19  And  Israel  journeyed,  and  spread 
his  tent  beyond  the  tower  of  Edar. 

!  20  Now  the  sons  of  Jacob  were 
!  twelve  :  The  sons  of  Leah  ;  Reuben, 
[Jacob's  firstborn,  and  Simeon,  and 
j  Levi,  and  Judah,  and  Issachar,  and 
j  Zebulun  : 

j  21  The  sons  of  Rachel;  Joseph,  and 
|  Benjamin  : 

|    22  And  the  sons  of  Bilhah,  Rachel's 
handmaid  ;  Dan,  and  Naphtali : 
23  And  the  sons  of  Zilpah,  Leah's 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXXVI-XXXVII. 


handmaid  ;  Gad,  and  Asher.  These  j  Shalt  thou  indeed  reign  over  us  ?  or 
are  the  sons  of  Jacob,  which  were  born  i  shalt  thou  indeed  have  dominion  over 
to  him  in  Padan-aram.  |  us?  And  they  hated  him  yet  the  more 

24  And  Jacob  came  unto  Isaac  his   for  his  dreams,  and  for  his  words. 


father  unto  Mamre,  unto  the  city  of 
Arba,  which  is  Hebron,  where  Abra- 
ham and  Isaac  sojourned. 

25  And  the  days  of  Isaac  were   a 
hundr-  d  and  fourscore  years. 

26  And  Isaac  gave  up  the  ghost,  and 
died,  and  was  gathered  unto  his  people, 
being  old  and  full  of  days  :    and  his 
sons  Esau  and  Jacob  buried  him. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

A  ND  Jacob  dwelt  in  the  land  where- 
in his  father  was  a  stranger,  in 
the  land  of  Canaan. 
2  These  are  the  generations  of  Ja- 


cob. Joseph,  being  seventeen  years 
old,  was  feeding  the  flock  with  his 
brethren  ;  and  the  lad  was  with  the 
sons  of  Bilhah,  and  with  the  sons  of 
Zilpah  :  and  Joseph  brought  unto  his  | 
father  the  evil  report  of  his  brethern. 

3  Now   Israel   loved   Joseph    more 
than  all  his  children,  because  he  was 
the  son  of  his  old  age  :   and  he  made  , 
him  a  coat  of  bright  colours. 

4  And  when  his  brethren  saw  that 


9  And    he    dreamed    yet     another 
dream,  and  told  it  his  brethren,  and 
said,  Behold,  I  have  dreamed  a  dream 
more  ;  and  behold,  the  sun  and  the 
moon  and  the  eleven  stars  made  obei- 
sance to  me. 

10  And  he  told  it  to  his  father,  and 
to  his  brethren :  and  his  father  rebuked 
him,  and  said  unto  him,  What  is  this 
dream  that  thou  hast  dreamed  ?  Shall 
I  and  thy  mother  and  thy  brethren  in- 
deed come  to  bow  down  ourselves  to 
thee  to  the  earth? 

11  And  his  brethren  envied   him  ; 
but  his  father  observed  the  matter. 


their  father  loved  him  more  than  all 


CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

QNCE   his  brethren   went   to  feed 

their  father's  flock  in  Scbechem. 
2  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  Do 
not  thy  brethren   feed   the  flock    in 
Schechem?  come,  and  I  will  send  thee 
unto  them.  And  he  said  to  him,  Here 


3  And  he  said  to  him,  Go,  I  pray 


thee,  see  whether  it  be  well  with  thy 


his  brethren,   they   hated   him,    and  !  brethren,   and  well  with  the  flocks ; 
could  not  speak  kindly  unto  him.          j  and  brmS  me  word  a£ain-    So  he  fnnt 

5  And   Joseph    dreamed    a   dream,  I  him  oufc  of  the  vale  of  Hebron,  and  he 
and  he  told  it  his  brethren :   and  they  |  came  to  Shechom. 

hated  him  yet  the  more.  i    4  And  a  certain  man  found  him,  and, 

6  And  he  said  unto  them,   Hear,  I  behold,  he  was  wandering  in  the  field: 
pray  you,  this  dream  which  I  have   and  the  man  asked  him,  saying,  AY  hut 
dreamed  :  \  seekest  thou  ? 

7  For,    behold,     we    were    binding  I    5  And  he  said,  I  seek  my  brethren : 
sheaves  in  the  field,  and,  lo,  my  sheaf  |  tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  where  they  feed 
arose,  and  also  stood  upright ;    and,  \  their  flocks. 

behold,    your    sheaves    stood    round  I    6  And  the  man  said,  They  are  de- 
about,  and  made  obeisance  to  my  sheaf,  i  parted  hence ;  for  I  heard  them  say, 

8  And    his   brethren    said   to   him,  I  Let  us  go  to  Dothan.     And  Joseph 


CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 


GENESIS. 


41 


went  after  his  brethren,    and   found  j 
them  in  Dothan. 

7  And  when  they  saw  him  afar  off,  \ 
even  before  he  came  near  unto  them,  | 
they    conspired    against   hhn  to   slay 
him. 

8  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Be-  j 
hold,  this  dreamer  cometh. 

9  Come  now  therefore,   and   let  us 
slay  him,  and  cast  him  into  some  pit, 
and  we  will  say,  Some  wild  beast  hath 
devoured  him ;  and  we  shall  see  what 
will  become  of  his  dreams. 

10  And  Reuben  heard  it,  and  he  would 
deliver    him   out  of  their  hands ;    and 
said,  Let  us  not  kill  him. 

11  And    Reuben    said    unto   them, 
Shed  no  blood,    but  cast  him  into  this 
pit  that  is  in  the  wilderness,  and  lay 
no  hand  upon  him  ;  that  he  might  rid 
him  out  of  their  hands,  to  deliver  him 
to  his  father  again. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jo- 
seph was  come  unto  his  brethren,  that 
they  stripped  Joseph  out  of  his  coat, 
his  coat  of  bright  colours  that  was  on 
him  ; 

13  And  they  took  him,  and  cast  him 
into  a  pit:    but  the   pit  was  empty, 
there  was  no  water  in  it. 

14  And  they  sat  down  to  eat  bread : 
and  they   lifted    up   their   eyes    and 
looked,  and,    behold,    a   company  of 
Ishrnaelites  came  from  Gilead,  with 
their  camels  bearing  spicery  and  balm 
and  myrrh,  going  to  carry  it  down  to 
Egypt. 

15  And  Judah  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, What  profit  is  it  if  we  slay  our 
brother,  and  conceal  his  blood? 

16  Come,  and  let  us  sell  him  to  the 
Ishmaelites,  and  let  not  our  hand  be 
upon  him ;  for  he  is  our  brother  and 
our  flesh :  and  his  brethren  were  con- 
tent. 


17  Then  there  passed  by  Midianite 
merchantmen :  and  they  drew  and  lif- 
ted up  Joseph  out  of  the  pit,  and  sold 
Joseph  to  the  Ishmaelites  for  twenty 
pieces  of  silver :  and  they  brought  Jo- 
seph into  Egypt. 

18  And  Reuben  returned  unto  the 
pit;  and,  behold,  Joseph  was  not  in 
the  pit ;  and  he  rent  his  clothes. 

19  And  he  returned  unto  his  breth- 
ren, and  said,  The  child  is  not  here;, 
and  I,  whither  shall  I  go? 

20  And  they  took  Joseph's  coat,  and 
killed  a  kid  of  the  goats,  and  dipped 
the  coat  in  the  blood : 

21  And  they  sent  the  coat  of  bright 
colours,  and  they  brought  it  to  their 
father ;  and  said,  This  have  we  found : 
know  now  whether  it  be  thy  son's  coat 
or  not. 

22  And  he  knew  it,  and  said,  It  is 
my  son's  coat;  a  wild  beast  hath  de- 
voured him ;  Joseph  is  without  doubt 
rent  in  pieces. 

23  And  Jacob  rent  his  clothes,  and 
put   sackcloth    upon    his    loins,    and 
mourned  for  his  son  many  days. 

24  And    all   his   sons   and    all    his 
daughters  rose  up  to  comfort   him ; 
but  he  refused  to  be  comforted  ;  and 
he  said,  For  I  will  go  down  into  the 
grave  unto  my  son  mourning.     Thus 
his  father  wept  for  him. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

J^ND  Joseph  was  brought  down  to 
Egypt ;  and  Potiphar,  an  officer  of 
Pharaoh,  captain  of  the  guard,  an 
Egyptian,  bought  him  of  the  hands  of 
the  Ishmaelites,  which  had  brought 
him  down  thither. 

2  And  the  LORD  was  with  Joseph, 
and  he  was  a  prosperous  man ;  and  he 
was  in  the  house  of  his  master  the 
Egyptian. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIX. 


3  And  his  master  saw  that  the  LORD 
was  with  him,  and  that  God  made  all 
that  he  did  to  prosper  in  his  hand. 

4  And  Joseph  found   grace   in   his 
sight,   and  he   served   him  :    and  he 
made  him  overseer  over  his  house,  and 
all  that  he  had  he  put  into  his  hand. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  from  the  time 
that  he  had  made  him  overseer  in  his 
house,  and  over  aH  that  he  had,  that 
the  LORD  blessed  the  Egyptian's  house 
for  Joseph's  sake ;  and  the  blessing  of 
God  was  upon  all  that  he  had  in  the 
house,  and  in  the  field. 

6  And  he  left  all  that  he  had  in  Jo- 
seph's hand ;  and  he  knew  not  aught 
he  had,  save  the  bread  which  he  did 
eat.     And  Joseph  was  a  fair  person, 
and  well  favoured. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,   that  without  just   cause   his 
master's  wife  hated  Joseph  and  slan- 
dered him  to  his  master. 

8  And   it  came  to  pass,   when  his 
master  heard  the  words  of  his  wife, 
which  she  spoke   unto   him,    saying, 
After   this   manner   did  thy   servant 
speak   to   me;    that   his   wrath   was 
kindled. 

9  And  Joseph's  master   took  him, 
and  put  him  into  the  prison,  a  place 
where  the  king's  prisoners  were  bound: 
and  he  was  there  in  the  prison. 

10  But  the  LORD  was  with  Joseph, 
and  shewed  him  mercy,  and  gave  him 
favour  in  the  sight  of  the  keeper  of 
the  prison. 

11  And   the    keeper  of  the   prison 
committed  to  Joseph's  hand  all   the 
prisoners   that  were  in   the    prison  ; 
and  whatsoever  they   did    there,    he 
was  the  doer  of  it. 

12  The  keeper  of  the  prison  looked 
not  to  any  thing  that  was  under  his 
hand  ;  because  the  LORD  was  with ' 


him,  and  that  which  he  did,  the  LORD 
made  it  to  prosper. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

A  ND   it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  that  the  butler  of  the  king 
of  Egypt  and  his  baker  had  offended 
their  lord  the  king  of  Egypt. 

2  And  Pharaoh  was  wroth  against 
two  of  his  officers,  against  the  chief 
of  the  butlers,  and  against  the  chief 
of  the  bakers. 

3  And  he  put  them  in  ward  in  the 
house  of  the  captain  of  the  guard,  in- 
to the  prison,  the  place  where  Joseph 
was  bound. 

4  And    the   captain    of   the    guard 
charged  Joseph  with  them,   and   he 
served  them :    and  they  continued  a 
season  in  ward. 

5  And  they  dreamed  a  dream  both 
of  them,  each  man  his  dream  in  one 
night,  each  man  according  to  the  in- 
terpretation of  his  dream,  the  butler 
and  the  baker  of  the  king  of  Egypt, 
which  were  bound  in  the  prison. 

6  And  Joseph  came  in  unto  them  in 
the  morning,  and  looked  upon  them, 
and,  behold,  they  were  sad. 

7  And  he  asked  Pharaoh's  officers 
that  were  with  him  in  the  ward  of  his 
lord's  house,  saying,  Wherefore  look 
ye  so  sadly  to-day? 

8  And  they  said  unto  him,  We  have 
dreamed  a  dream,  and  there  is  no  in- 
terpreter of  it.    And  Joseph  said  unto 
them,  Do  not  interpretations  belong 
to  God?  tell  me  them,  I  pray  you. 

9  And   the    chief    butler    told    his 
dream  to  Joseph,  and  said  to  him,  In 
my  dream,  behold,   a  vine  was  before 
me ; 

10  And    in    the    vine    were    three 
branches  :    and  it  was  as  though  it 
budded,  and  her  blossoms  shot  forth  ; 


CHAPTER  XL. 


GENESIS. 


43 


and  the  clusters  thereof  brought  forth  |  the  chief  butler  and  of  the  chief  baker 
ripe  grapes  :  j  among  his  servants. 

11  And  Pharaoh's  cup  was  in  my  I    21  And  he  restored  the  chief  butler 
hand  :   and  I   took   the  grapes,  and   unto  his  butlership  again  ;  and  he  gave 
pressed  them  into  Pharaoh's  cup,  and  j  the  cup  into  Pharaoh's  hand  : 

I  gave  the  cup  into  Pharaoh's  hand,     j    22  But  he  hanged  the  chief  baker : 

12  And  Joseph  said  unto  him,  This  |  as  Joseph  had  interpreted  to  them. 

is  the  interpretation  of  it :  The  three  ;  23  Yet  did  not  the  chief  butler  re- 
branches are  three  days:  j  member  Joseph,  but  forgot  him. 

13  Yet  within  three  days  shall  Pha-  ntr .  ^m^r.  VT 
raoh  lift   up   thy  head,   and    restore  \ 

thee  unto  thy  place  ;  and  thou  shalt  j  A  ND  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
deliver  Pharaoh's  cup  into  his  hand,  '  two  full  years,  that  Pharaoh 
after  the  former  manner  when  thou  dreamed:  and,  behold,  he  stood  by 


wast  his  butler. 


the  river. 


14  But  think  of  me  when  it  shall  be  :    2  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out  of 
well  with  thee,  and  shew  kindness,  1 1  the  river  seven  well  favoured  kine  and 
pray  thee,  unto  me,  and  make  men-  j  fatfleshed ;  and  they  fed  in  a  meadow, 
tion  of  me  unto  Pharaoh,  and  bring  j    3  And,    behold,    seven    other   kine 
me  out  of  this  house :  |  came  up  after  them  out  of  the  river, 

15  For  indeed  I  was  stolen  away  out  |  ill   favoured    and    leanfleshed  ;    and 
of  the  land  of  the  Hebrews :  and  here  j  stood   by   the    other   kine    upon  the 
also  have  I  done  nothing,  that  they  I  brink  of  the  river. 

should  put  me  into  the  dungeon.  j    4  And   the    ill  favoured  and   lean- 

16  When  the  chief  baker  saw  that  fleshed  kine  did  eat  up  the  seven  well 
the  interpretation  was  good,  he  said  favoured  and  fat  kine.  Then  Pharaoh 
unto  Joseph,  I  also  had  a  dream,  and,  !  awoke. 


behold,  I  had  three  white  baskets  on 


my  head  : 
17  And   in 


the    uppermost    basket 


there  was  of  all  manner  of  bakemeats 
for  Pharaoh  ;  and  the  birds  did  eat 
them  out  of  the  basket  upon  my  head. 

18  And  Joseph  answered  and  said, 
This  is  the  interpretation  thereof :  The 
three  baskets  are  three  days  : 

19  Yet  within  three  days  shall  Pha- 


5  And   he    slept    and  dreamed  the 
second  time :    and,  behold,  seven  ears 
of  corn  came  up  upon  one  stalk,  rank 
and  good. 

6  And,  behold,  seven  thin  ears  and 
blasted  with  the  east  wind  sprung  up 
after  them. 

7  And  the  seven  thin  ears  devoured 
the  seven  rank  and  full  ears.     And 
Pharaoh  awoke,  and,  behold,  it  was 


raoh  lift  up  thy  head  from  off  thee,  ;  a  dream. 

and  shall  hang  thee  on  a  tree  ;  and  j  8  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morn- 
the  birds  shall  eat  thy  flesh  from  off ;  ing  that  his  spirit  was  troubled  ;  and 
thee.  |  he  sent  and  called  for  all  the  rnagi- 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  |  cians  of  Egypt,    and  all  the  wise  men 
day,  which  was  Pharaoh's  birthday,  j  thereof :    and  Pharaoh  told  them  his 


that  he  made  a  feast  unto  all  his  ser- 
vants :  and  he  lifted  up  the  head  of 


dream ;  but  there  was  none  that  could 
interpret  it  unto  Pharaoh. 


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GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XL. 


9  Then  spoke  the  chief  butler  unto 
Pharaoh,   saying,  I  do  remember  my 
faults  this  day : 

10  Pharaoh    was   wroth    with    his 
servants,  and  put  me  in  ward  in  the 
captain  of  the  guard's  house,  both  me 
and  the  chief  baker: 

11  And  we  dreamed  a  dream  in  one 
night,   I  and  he  ;  we  dreamed  each 
man  according  to  the  interpretation  of 
his  dream. 

12  And  there  was  there  with  us  a 
young  man,  a  Hebrew,  servant  to  the 
captain   of  the  guard  ;  and  we  told 
him,    and   he    interpreted   to  us  our 
dreams ;  to  each  man  according  to  his 
dream  he  did  interpret. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  inter- 
preted to  us,  so  it  was ;  I  was  restored 
unto  mine  office,  and  he  was  hanged. 

14  Then  Pharaoh  sent   and    called 
Joseph,  and  they  brought  him  hastily 
out  of  the  dungeon :   and  he  shaved 
himself,  and  changed  his  raiment,  and 
came  in  unto  Pharaoh. 

15  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
I  have  dreamed  a  dream,  and  there  is 
none  that  can  interpret  it :  and  I  have 
heard    say  of  thee,   that  thou  canst 
understand  a  dream  to  interpret  it. 

16  And  Joseph  answered  Pharaoh, 
saying,    It  is  not  of  me :    God   will 
render  the  peace  of  Pharaoh. 

17  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
In  my  dream,   behold,  I  stood  upon 
the  bank  of  the  river : 

18  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out 
of  the  river  seven  kine,  fatfleshed  and 
well  favoured  ;    and    they    fed    in    a 
meadow : 

19  And,    behold,  seven  other  kine 
came  up  after  them,  poor  and  very  ill 
favoured  and  leanfleshed,  such  as  I 
never  saw  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt  for 
badness : 


20  And .  the  lean  and  ill  favoured 
kine     ate  up  the  first  seven  fat  kine  : 

21  And  when  they  had  eaten  them 
up,  it  could  not  be  known  that  they 
had  eaten  them ;  but  they  were  still 
ill  favoured,  as  at  the  beginning.   Then 
I  awoke. 

22  And  I  saw  in  my  dream,   and, 
behold,   seven  ears  came  up  in  one- 
stalk,  full  and  good : 

23  And,  behold,  seven   ears,   with- 
ered, thin,  and  blasted  with  the  east 
wind,  sprung  up  after  them : 

24  And  the  thin  ears  devoured  the 
seven  good  ears:   and  I  told  this  unto 
the  magicians  ;    but  there  was  none 
that  could  declare  it  to  me. 

25  And  Joseph  said  unto  Pharaoh, 
The  dream  of  Pharaoh  is  one :   God 
hath  shewed  Pharaoh  what  he  is  about 
to  do. 

26  The  seven  good  kine  are  seven 
years;    and  the  seven  good  ears  are 
seven  years :  the  dream  is  one. 

27  And  the  seven  thin  and  ill  fa- 
voured kine  that  came  up  after  them 
are  seven  years ;  and  the  seven  empty 
ears  blasted  with  the  east  wind  shall 
be  seven  years  of  famine. 

28  This  is  the  thing  which  I  have 
spoken  unto  Pharaoh  :   What  God  is 
about  to  do  he  shewed  unto  Pharaoh. 

29  Behold,  there  come  seven  years 
of  great  plenty  throught  all  the  land 
of  Egypt: 

30  And  there  shall  arise  after  them 
seven  years  of  famine;    and  all   the 
plenty  shall  be  forgotten  in  the  land 
of  Egypt ;  and  the  famine  shall  con- 
sume the  land  ; 

31  And    the    plenty   shall    not    be 
known  in  the  land  by  reason  of  that 
famine  following  ;  for  it  shall  be  very 
grievous. 

32  And  as  to  the  dream  being  re- 


CHAPTER  XLI. 


GENESIS. 


45 


peated  unto  Pharaoh  twice ;  it  is  be- 
cause the  thing  is  established  by  God, 
and  God  will  shortly  bring  it  to  pass. 

33  Now  therefore  let  Pharaoh  look 
out  a  man  discret  and  wise,  and  set 
him  over  the  land  of  Egypt. 

34  Let  Pharaoh  do  this,  and  let  him 
appoint  officers  over  the   land,    and 
take  up  the  fifth  part  of  the  land  of 
Egypt  in  the  seven  plenteous  years. 

35  And  let  them  gather  all  the  food 
of  those  good  years  that  come,  and 
lay  up  corn  under  the  hand  of  Pha- 
raoh, and  let  them  keep  food  in  the 
cities. 

36  And  that  food  shall  be  for  store 
to  the  land  against  the  seven  years  of 
famine,  which  shall  be  in  the  land  of 
Egypt ;    that    the   land    perish    not 
through  the  famine. 

37  And  the  thing  was  good  in  the 
eyes  of  Pharaoh,  and  in  the  eyes  of 
all  his  servants. 

CHAPTER  XLI. 

A  ND   Pharaoh   said   unto  his  ser- 
vants, Can  we  find  such  a  one  as 
this  is,  a  man  in  whom  the   spirit  of 
God  is? 

2  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
Forasmuch  as  God  hath  shewed  thee 
all  this,  there  is  none  so  discreet  and 
wise  as  thou  art : 

3  Thou  shalt  be  over  my  house,  and 
according  unto  thy  word  shall  all  my 
people   be  ruled :    only  in  the  throne 
will  I  be  greater  than  thou. 

4  And  Pharaoh  said  unto   Joseph, 
See,  I  have  set  thee  over  all  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

5  And  Pharroh   took   off  his   ring 
from  his  hand,  and  put  it  upon  Jo- 
seph's hand,  and  arrayed  him  in  ves- 
tures of  fine  linen,   and  put  a  gold 
chain  about  his  neck  ; 


6  And  he  made  him  to  ride  in  the 
second  chariot  which  he  had  ;  and 
they  cried  before  him,  Bow  the  knee : 
and  he  made  him  ruler  over  all  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

I  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  I 
am  Pharaoh,  but  without  thee  shall 
no  man  lift  up  his  hand  or  foot  in  all 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

8  And  Pharaoh  called  Joseph's  name 
Zaphnath-Paaneah  ;  and  he  gave  him 
to  wife  Asenath  the  daughter  of  Poti- 
pherah  priest    of  On.     And  Joseph 
went  out  over  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  And  Joseph  was  thirty  years  old 
when  he  stood  before  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt.     And  Joseph  went  out  from 
the  presence  of  Pharaoh,   and  went 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  in  the  seven  plenteous  years 
the  earth  brought  forth  abundantly. 

II  And  he  gathered  up  all  the  food 
of  the  seven  years,  which  were  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  laid  up  the  food 
in  the  cities :    the  food  of  the  field, 
which  was  round  about  every  city,  laid 
he  up  in  the  same. 

12  And  Joseph  gathered  corn  as  the 
sand  of  the  sea,  very  much,  until  he 
left  numbering;    for  it  was  without 
number. 

13  And  unto  Joseph  were  born  two 
sons,  before  the  years  of  famine  came: 
which  Asenath  the  daughter  of  Poti- 
pherah  priest  of  On  bare  unto  him, 

14  And  Joseph  called  the  name  of 
the  firstborn  Manasseh:  For  God,  said 
he,  hath  made  me  forget  all  ray  toil, 
and  all  my  father's  house. 

1 5  And  the  name  of  the  second  called 
he  Ephraim:  For  God  hath  caused  ine 
to  be  fruitful  in  the  land  of  my  affliction. 

16  And  the  seven  years  of  plente- 
ousness,  that  was  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
were  ended. 


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GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XLII. 


17  And  the  seven  years  of  dearth 
began  to  come,  according  as  Joseph 
had  said :   and  the  dearth  was  in  all 
lands;  but  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
there  was  bread. 

18  And  when  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
was   famished,    the    people    cried    to 
Pharaoh  for  bread:  and  Pharaoh  said 
unto  all  the  Egyptians,  Gro  unto  Joseph; 
what  he  sayth  to  you,  do. 

19  And  the  famine  was  over  all  the 
face  of  the  earth  :   and  Joseph  opened 
all  the  storehouses,  and  sold  unto  the 
Egyptians;  and  the  famine  waxed  sore 
in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

20  And  all  countries  came  into  Egypt 
to  Joseph  to  buy  corn ;    because  that 
the  famine  was  so  sore  in  all  lands. 

CHAPTER  XLII. 

when  Jacob  saw  that  there 
was  corn  in  Egypt,  Jacob  said  unto 
his  sons,  Why  do  ye  look  one  upon 
another  ? 

2  And  he  said,  Behold,  I  have  heard 
that  there  is  corn  in  Egypt :    get  you 
down  thither,   and  buy  for  us  from 
thence;  that  we  may  live,  and  not  die. 

3  And  Joseph's  ten  brethren  went 
down  to  buy  corn  in  Egypt. 

4  But  Benjamin,    Josep's   brother, 
Jacob  sent  not  with  his  brethren ;  for 
he  said,   Lest  peradventure  mischief 
befall  him, 

5  And  the  sons  of  Israel  came  to  buy 
corn  among  those  that  came :    for  the 
famine  was  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

6  And  Joseph  was  the  governor  over 
the  land,  and  he  it  was  that  sold  to 
all  the  people  of  the  land:  and  Joseph's 
brethren  came,  and  bowed  down  them- 
selves before  him  with  their  faces  to 
the  earth. 

7  And  Joseph  saw  his  brethren,  and 
he   knew   them,    but    made    himself 


strange  unto  them,  and  spoke  roughly 

unto  them ;  and  he  said  unto  them, 
1  Whence  come  ye?  And  they  said,  From 
I  the  land  of  Canaan  to  buy  food. 
!    8  And  Joseph  knew  his  brethren, 

but  they  knew  not  him. 
|    9  And     Joseph     remembered     the 

dreams  which  he  dreamed  of  them,  and 
|  said  unto  them,  Ye  are  spies;    to  see 

the  weak  places  of  the  land  ye  are  come. 

10  And  they  said  unto  him,   Nay, 
!  my  lord,  but  to  buy  food  are  thy  ser- 
;  vants  come. 

11  We  are  all  one  man's  sons;   we 
|  are  true  men;  thy  servants  are  no  spies. 
|    12  And  he  said  unto  them,  Nay,  but 
|  to  see  the  weak  places  of  the  land  ye 
j  are  come. 

'  13  And  they  said,  Thy  servants  are 
!  twelve  brethren,  the  sons  of  one  man 
I  in  the  land  of  Canaan  ;  and,  behold, 
I  the  youngest  is  this  day  with  our  father, 
!  and  one  is  no  more. 

14  Joseph  said  unto  them,  That  is 
I  it  that  I  spoke  unto  you,  saying,  Ye 

are  spies : 

15  Hereby  ye  shall  be  proved:   By 
j  the  life  of  Pharaoh,  ye  shall  not  go 
I  forth    hence,     except   your   youngest 
I  brother  come  hither. 

i  16  Send  one  of  you,  and  let  him  fetch 
\  your  brother,  and  ye  shall  be  kept  in 
!  prison,  that  your  words  may  be  proved, 

whether  there  be  any  truth  in  you : 
|  or  else,  by  the  life  of  Pharaoh,  surely 
j  ye  are  spies. 
I    17  And    he  put  them   all  together 

into  ward  three  days. 

18  And  Joseph  said  unto  them  the 
third  day,  This  do,   and  live;   for  I 
fear  God: 

19  If  ye  be  true  men,  let  one  of  your 
brethren  be  bound  in  the  house  of  your 

;  prison:  go  ye,  carry  corn  for  the  famine 
of  your  houses  : 


CHAPTER  XL1II. 


GENESIS. 


47 


20  But  bring  your  youngest  brother   land,  spoke  roughly  to  us,  and  took  us 
unto  me  ;  so  shall  your  words  be  veri-   for  spies  of  the  country. 


And  they 


fied,  and  ye  shall  not  die. 
did  so. 

21  And   they  said  one  to  another, 
We  are  verily  guilty  concerning  our 
brother,  in  that  we  saw  the  anguish  of  youngest  is  this  day  with  our  father  in 
his  soul,  when  he  besought  us,  and  we  j  the  land  of  Canaan. 
would  not  hear  ;  therefore  is  this  dis-  j    33  And  the  man,   the  lord  of  the 


31  And  we  said  unto  him,  We  are 
true  men  ;  we  are  no  spies  : 

32  We  be  twelve  brethren,  sons  of 
father  :    one  is  no  more,  and  the 


one 


tress  come  upon  us. 

22  But  Reuben  answered  them,  say- 
ing, Did  I  not  speak  unto  you,  saying, 
Do  not  sin  against  the  child  ;  and  ye 
would  not  hear  ?  therefore,  behold, 
his  blood  is  now  required  of  us. 


country,  said  unto  us,  Hereby  shall  I 
know  that  ye  are  true  men  ;  leave  one 
of  your  brethren  here  with  me,  and 
take  food  for  the  famine  of  your  house- 
holds, and  be  gone : 
34  And  bring  your  youngest  brother 


23  And  they  knew  not  that  Joseph   unto  me:  then  shall  I  know  that  ye 
understood  them  ;   for  he  spoke  unto  are  no  spies,  but  that  ye  are  true  men : 
them  by  an  interpreter.  |  so  will  I  deliver  you  your  brother,  and 

24  And  he  turned  himself  about  from  j  ye  shall  trade  in  the  land. 

them,  and  wept;  and  returned  to  them  |    35  And    it   came   to   pass   as   they 
again,  and  communed  with  them,  and  j  emptied  their  sacks,  that,  behold,  every 


took  from  them  Simeon,   and  bound 
him  before  their  eyes. 

25  Then  Joseph  commanded  to  fill 
their  sacks  with  corn,  and  to  restore 
every  man's  money  into  his  sack,  and 
to  give  them  provision  for  the  way: 
and  thus  it  was  done  unto  them. 

26  And   they    loaded  their  animals 
with  the  corn,  and  departed  thence. 

27  And  as  one  of  them  opened  his 
sack  to  give  his  animal  provender  in 
the  inn,  he  espied  his  money ;  for,  be- 
hold, it  was  in  his  sack's  mouth. 

18  And  he  said  unto  his  brethren, 
My  money  is  restored  ;  and,  lo,  it  is 
even  in  my  sack  :  and  their  heart 
failed  them,  and  they  were  afraid,  say- 
ing one  to  another,  What  is  this  that 
God  hath  done  unto  us  ? 

29  And  they  came  unto  Jacob  their 
father  unto  the  land  of  Canaan,  and 
told  him  all  that  befell  unto  them, 
saying, 


man's  bundle  of  money  was  in  his  sack: 
and  when  both  they  and  their  father 
saw  the  bundles  of  money,  they  were 
afraid. 

36  And  Jacob  their  father  said  unto 
them,  Me  have  ye  bereave  of  my  chil- 
dren:   Joseph  is  not,  and  Simeon  is 
not,  and  ye  will  take  Benjamin  away ; 
upon  me  come  all  these  things. 

37  And  Reuben  spoke  unto  his  father, 
saying,  Slay  my  two  sons,  if  I  bring 
him  not  to  thee:  deliver  him  into  my 
hand  and  I  will  bring  him  to  thee  again. 

38  And  he  said,  My  son  shall  not  go 
down  with  you:  for  his  brother  is  dead, 
and  he  is  left  alone :  if  mischief  befall 
him  by  the  way  in  the  which  ye  go, 
then  shall  ye  bring  down  my  gray  hairs 
with  sorrow  to  the  grave. 

CHAPTER  XLIII. 

A  ND  the  famine  was  sore  in  the  knd. 
2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 


30  The  man,  who  is  the  lord  of  the  ;  had  eaten  up  the  corn  which  they  had 


48 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XLII1. 


brought  out  of  Egypt,  their  father  said   it  again  in  your  hand;    perad  venture 


unto  them,  Go  again, 
food. 


buy  us  a  little  j  it  was  an  oversight. 

13  Take  also  your  brother,  and  arise, 


3  And  Judah  spoke  unto  him,  saying,  j  go  again  unto  the  man : 
The  man  did  solemnly  protest  unto  us,  |    14  And    God    Almighty 


give    you 


saying,  Ye  shall  not  see  my  face,  except   mercy  before  the  man,   that  he  may 


your  brother  be  with  you. 


send  away  your  other  brother,  and  Ben- 


4  If  thou  wilt  send  our  brother  with  |  jamin.     And  I — if  I  be  bereaved  of  my 
us,  we  will  go  down  and  buy  thee  food:    children,  I  am  bereaved. 

5  But  if  thou  wilt  not  send  him,  we      15  And  the  men  took  that  present, 
will  not  go  down:    for  the  man  said   and  they  took  double  money  in  their 
unto  us,  Ye  shall  not  see  my  face,  ex-   hand,  and  Benjamin ;  and  rose  up,  and 


cept  your  brother  be  with  you. 


0  And  Israel  said,   Wherefore  dealt  Joseph. 


went  down  to  Egypt,  and  stood  before 


ye  so  ill  with  me,  as  to  tell  the 
whether  ve  had  vet  a  brother  ? 


man     16  And  when  Joseph  saw  Benjamin 
with  them,  he  said  to  the  ruler  of  his 


6  And  they  said,  The  man  asked  us  j  house,  Bring  these  men  home,  and  slay, 
closely  of  our  state,  and  of  our  kindred,  j  and  make  ready;  for  these  men  shall 
saying,  Is  your  father  yet  alive  ?  have  j  dine  with  me  at  noon, 
ye  another  brother  ?  and  we  told  him  !    17  And  the  man  did  as  Joseph  bade ; 
according  to  the  tenor  of  these  words :    and  the  man  brought  the  men  into  Jo- 
Oould  we  certainly  know  that  he  would  j  seph's  house, 
say,  Bring  your* brother  down  ?  18  Now  the  men  were  afraid,  because 

8  And  Judah  said  unto  Israel  his  they  were  brought  into  Joseph's  house  ; 
father,  Send  the  lad  with  me,  and  we   and  they  said,  Because  of  the  money 
will  arise  and  go;  that  we  may  live,  j  that  was  returned  in  our  sacks  at  the 
and  not  die,  both  we,  and  thou,  and  I  first  time  are  we  brought  in ;   that  he 
also  our  little  ones.  may  seek  occasion  against  us,  and  fall 

9  I  will  be  surety  for  him;    of  my   upon  us,  and  take  us  for  bondmen, 
hand  shalt  thou  require  him:  if  I  bring  j  and  our  asses. 

him  not  unto  thee,  and  set  him  before  j    19  And  they  came  near  to  the  steward 


thee,  then  let  me  bear  the  blame  for 


ever : 


of  Joseph's  house,  and  they  communed 
with  him  at  the  door  of  the  house, 
10  For  except  we  had  lingered,  surely  j    20  And  said,  O  sir,  we  came  indeed 
now  we  had  returned  this  second  time,  j  down  at  the  first  time  to  buy  food : 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,   when  we 


11  And  their  father  Israel  said  unto 
them,  If  it  must  be  so  now,  do  this ; 
take  of  the  best  fruits  in  the  land  in 
your  vessels,  and  carry  down  to  the  man 
a  present,  a  little  balm,  and  a  little 


honey,    spices 
almonds : 


and  myrrh,    nuts   and 


12  And  take  double  money  in  your 
hand;  and  the  money  that  was  brought 


again  in  the  mouth  of  your  sacks,  carry  j  sacks. 


came  to  the  inn,  that  we  opened  our 
sacks,  and,  behold,  every  man's  money 
was  in  the  mouth  of  his  sack,  our 
money  in  full  weitrht:  and  we  have 
brought  it  again  in  our  hand. 

22  And  other  money  have  we  brought 
down  in  our  hands  to  buy  food :  we 
cannot  tell  who  put  our  money  in  our 


CHAPTER  XLIV 


GENESIS. 


49 


23  And  he  said,  Peace  be  to  you, 
fear  not:  your  God,  and  the  God  of 
your  father,  hath  given  you  a  treasure 
in  your  sacks :    I  had  your  money. 
And  he  brought  Simeon  out  unto  them. 

24  And  the  man  brought  the  men 
into  Joseph's  house,   and  gave  them 
water,  and  they  washed  their  feet;  and 
he  gave  their  animals  provender. 

25  And  they  made  ready  the  present 
before  Joseph  came  at  noon :  for  they 
heard  that  they  should  eat  bread  there. 

26  And  when  Joseph  came  home, 
they  brought  him  the  present  which 
was  in  their  hand  into  the  house,  and 
bowed  themselves  to  him  to  the  earth. 

27  And  he  asked  them  of  their  wel- 
fare, and  said,  Is  your  father  well,  the 
old  man  of  whom  ye  spoke  ?      Is  he 
yet  alive  ? 

28  And  they  answered,  Thy  servant 
our  father  is  in  good  health,  he  is  yet 
alive.     And  they  bowed  down  their 
heads,  and  made  obeisance. 

29  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
saw  his  brother  Benjamin,  his  mother's 
son,  and  said,  Is  this  your  younger 
brother,  of  whom  ye  spoke  unto  me  ? 
And  he  said,    God  be  gracious  unto 
thee,  my  son. 

30  And  Joseph  made  haste  ;  for  his 
heart  did  yearn  upon  his  brother ;  and 
he  sought  where  to  weep ;  and  he  en- 
tered into  his  chamber,  and  wept  there. 

31  And  he  washed  his  face,  and  went 
out,  and  restrained  himself,  and  said, 
Set  on  bread. 

32  And  they  set  on  for  him  by  him- 
self, and  for  them  by  themselves,  and 
for  the  Egyptians,  which  did  eat  with 
him,  by  themselves:  because  the  Egyp- 
tians might  not  eat  bread  with  the 
Hebrews ;   for  that  is  an  abomination 
unto  the  Egyptians. 

33  And  they  sat  before  him,  the  first- 


born according  to  his  birthright,  and 
the  youngest  according  to  his  youth : 
and  the  men  marvelled  one  at  another. 
34  And  he  took  and  sent  messes  unto 
them  from  before  him:  but  Benjamin's 
mess  was  five  times  so  much  as  any  of 
theirs.  And  they  drank,  and  were 
merry  with  him. 

CHAPTER  XLIV. 

A  ND  he  commanded  the  steward  of 

his  house,  saying,  Fill  the  men's 

sacks  with  food,  as  much  as  they  can 

carry,  and  put  every  man's  money  in 

his  sack's  mouth. 

2  And  put  my  cup,  the  silver  cup, 
in  the  sack  of  the  youngest,  and  his 
corn  money.     And  he  did  according 
to  the  word  that  Joseph  had  spoken. 

3  As  soon  as  the  morning  was  light, 
the  men   were  sent  away,  they  and 
their  loads. 

4  Hardly  were  they  gone  out  of  the 
city,  they  were  not  yet  for  off,  when 
Joseph  said  unto  his  steward,  Up,  fol- 
low after  the  men ;  and  when  thou  dost 
overtake  them,  say  unto  them,  Where- 
fore have  ye  rewarded  evil  for  good  ? 

5  Is  not  this  the  cup  out  of  which 
my  lord  drinketh,  and  whereby  indeed 
he  divineth?  ye  have  done  evil  in  so 
doing. 

0  And  he  overtook  them,    and  he 
spoke  unto  them  these  same  words. 

7  And  they  said  unto  him,  Where- 
fore saith  my  lord  these  words  ?    God 
forbid   that   thy   servants  should  do 
according  to  this  thing: 

8  Behold,    the    money,    which    we 
found  in  our  sacks'  mouths,  we  brought 
again  unto  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan :  how  then  should  we  steal  out 
of  thy  lord's  house  silver  or  gold? 

9  With  whomsoever  of  thy  servants 


50 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XLIV. 


it  be  found,  both  let  him  die,  and  we  I  have  a  father,  an  old  man,  and  a  child 
also  will  be  my  lord's  bondmen.  j  of  his  old  age,  a  little  one;   and  his 

10  And  he  said,  Now  also  let  it  be  i  brother  is  dead,  and  he  alone  is  left  of 
according  unto  your  words :    he  with  |  his  mother,  and  his  father  loveth  him. 
whom  it  is  found  shall  be  my  servant;  I    21  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  ser- 
but  ye  shall  be  blameless.  |  vants,  Bring  him  down  unto  me,  that 

11  Then  they  speedily   took   down) I  may  set  mine  eyes  upon  him. 
every  man  his  sack  to  the  ground,  and  j    22  And  we  said  unto  my  lord,  The 
opened  every  man  his  sack.  lad  cannot  leave  his  father :  for  if  he 

12  And  he  searched,  and  began  at  should  leave  his   father,    his   father 


the  eldest,  and  left  at  the  youngest: 
and  the  cup  was  found  in  Beniamin's 
sack. 

13  Then  they  rent  their  clothes,  and 
laded  every  man  his  ass,  and  returned 
to  the  city. 

14  And  Judah  and  his  brethren  came 


would  die. 

23  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  ser- 
vants, Except  your  youngest  brother 
come  down  with  you,  ye  shall  see  my 
face  no  more. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  when  we  came 
up  unto  thy  servant  my  father,   we 


to  Joseph's  house ;    for  he  was  yet  j  told  him  the  words  of  my  lord, 
there ;  and  they  fell  before  him  on  the  I    25  And  our  father  said,  Go  again, 
ground.  |  and  buy  us  a  little  food. 

15  And    Joseph    said    unto    them,  j    20  And  we  said,  We  cannot  go  down: 


What  deed  is  this  that  ye  have  done  ? 
know  ye  not  that  such  a  man  as  I  can 


if  our  youngest  brother  be  with  us, 
then  will  we  go  down :  for  we  may  not 
see  the  man's  face,  except  our  youngest 


certainly  divine? 

16  And  Judah  said,  What  shall  we  j  brother  be  with  us. 
say  unto  my  lord?  what  shall  we  speak  ?!    27  And  thy  servant  my  father  said 
or  how  shall  we  clear  ourselves  ?   God  !  unto  us,  Ye  know  that  my  wife  bare 
hath  found  out  the  iniquity  of  tby  jme  two  sons: 

servants:    behold,   we  are  my  lord's!    28  And  the  one  went  out  from  me, 
servants,  both  we,  and  he  also  with   and  I  said,  Surely  he  is  torn  in  pieces ; 

and 


•whom  the  cup  is  found. 
17  And  he  said,  God  forbid  that  I 


I  saw  him  not  since : 
29  And  if  ye  take  this  also  from  me, 


should  do  so:  but  the  man  in  whose  |  and  mischief  befall  him,  ye  shall  bring 
hand  the  cup  is  found,  he  shall  be  my  !  down  my  gray  hairs  with  sorrow  to  the 
servant ;  and  as  for  you,  get  you  up  in  grave, 
peace  unto  your  father.  30  Now 


18  Then  Judah  came  near  unto  him, 
and  said,  0  my  lord,   let  thy  servant, 
I  pray  thee.  speak  a  word  in  my  lord's 
ears;   and  let  not  thine   anger  burn 
against  thy  servant :  for  thou  art  even 
as  Pharaoh. 

19  My  lord  asked  his  servants,  say- 
ing, Have  ye  a  father,  or  a  brother  ? 


therefore  when  I  come  to 


thy  servant  my  father,  and  the  lad  be 
not  with  us;  seeing  that  his  life  is 
bound  up  in  the  lad's  life ; 

31  It  shall  come  to  pass,  when  he 
seeth  that  the  lad  is  not  with  us,  that 
he  will  die:  and  thy  servants  shall 
bring  down  the  gray  hairs  of  thy  ser- 
vant our  father  with  sorrow  to  the  grave. 


20  And  we  said  unto  my  lord,  We  |    32  For  thy  servant  became  surety  for 


CHAPTER  XLV. 


GENESIS. 


51 


the  lad  unto  my  father,  saying,  If  I 
bring  him  not  unto  thee,  then  I  shall 
bear  the  blame  to  my  father  for  ever. 

33  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  let 
thy  servant  abide  instead  of  the  lad  a 

[   bondman  to  my  lord  ;  and  let  the  lad 
go  up  with  his  brethren. 

34  For  how  shall  I  go  up  to  my 
father,  and  the  lad  be  not  with  me  ? 
lest  peradventure  I  see  the  evil  that 
shall  come  on  my  father. 

CHAPTER  XLV. 

HHHEN  Joseph  could  not  refrain  him- 
self before  all  that  stood  by 
him  ;  and  he  cried,  Cause  every  man 
to  go  out  from  me.  And  there  stood 
no  man  with  him,  while  Joseph  made 
himself  known  unto  his  brethren. 

2  And   he   wept    aloud :     and    the 
Egyptians  and  the  house  of  Pharaoh 
heard  of  it. 

3  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren, 
I  am  Joseph ;  doth  my  father  yet  live  ? 
And  his  brethren  could  not  answer  him; 
for  they  were  troubled  at  his  presence. 

4  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren, 
Come  near  to  me,  I  pray  you.     And 
they  came  near.     And  he  said,  I  am 
Joseph  your  brother,   whom  ye  sold 
into  Egypt. 

5  Now  therefore  be  not  grieved,  nor 
angry  with  yourselves,  that  ye  sold  me 
hither:  for  God  did  send  me  before 
you  to  preserve  life. 

6  For  these  two  years  hath  the  fa- 
mine been  in  the  land :  and  yet  there 
are  five  years,  in  the  which  there  shall 
neither  be  earing  nor  harvest. 

7  And  God  sent  me  before  you  to 
preserve  you  a  posterity  in  the  earth, 
and  to  save  your  lives  by  a  great  de- 
liverance. 

8  So  now  it  was  not  you  that  sent 
me  hither,  but  God :  and  he  hath  made 


i  me  a  father  to  Pharaoh,  and  lord  of 
I  all  his  house,  and  a  ruler  throughout 
|  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  Haste  ye,  and  go  up  to  my  father, 
and  say  unto  him,  Thus  saith  thy  son 

I  Joseph,  God  hath  made  me  lord  of  all 
|  Egypt :  come  down  unto  me,  tarry  not : 

10  And  thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  land 
of  Goshen,  and  thou  shalt  be   near 

I  unto  me,  thou,  and  thy  children,  and 
thy  children's  children,  and  thy  flocks, 
and  thy  herds,  and  all  that  thou  hast : 

11  And  there  will  I  nourish  thee; 
I  for  yet  there  are  five  years  of  famine ; 

lest  thou,  and  thy  household,  and  all 
that  thou  hast,  come  to  poverty. 

12  And,  behold,  your  eyes  see,  and 
the  eyes  of  my  brother  Benjamin,  that 
it  is  my  mouth  that  speaketh  unto  you. 

13  And  ye  shall  tell  my  father  of  all 
my  glory  in  Egypt,  and  of  all  that  ye 
have   seen;    and  ye  shall  haste  and 
bring  down  my  father  hither. 

14  And  he    fell   upon   his   brother 
Benjamin's  neck,  and  wept:  and  Ben- 
jamin wept  upon  his  neck. 

15  Moreover  he  kissed  all  his  breth- 
ren, and  wept  upon  them :    and  after 
that  his  brethren  talked  with  him. 

16  And  the  report  thereof  was  heard 
in  Pharaoh's  house,  saying,  Joseph's 
brethren   are   come:    and  it  pleased 
Pharaoh  well,  and  his  servants. 

17  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
Say  unto  thy  brethren,  This  shall  ye  do ; 
lade  your  beasts,  and  go,  get  you  unto 
the  land  of  Canaan ; 

18  And  take  your  father  and  your 
households,  and  come  unto  me :  and  I 
will  give  you  the  good  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  ye  shall  eat  the  fat  of  the 
land. 

19  Now  thou  commanded  them,  This 
do  ye;    take  you  wagons  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  for  your  little  ones,  and 


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CHAPTER  XLVI. 


for  your  wives,  and  bring  your  father,   of  thy  father :    fear  not  to  go  down 
and  come.  into  Egypt ;  for  I  will  there  make  of 

20  Also  regard  not  your  stuff;    for  thee  a  great  nation, 
the  good  of  the  land  of  Egypt  is  yours,  j    4  I  will   go   down    with   thee   into 

2  L  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so :  |  Egypt ;   and  I  will  also  surely  bring 
and  Joseph  gave  them  wagons,  accord- 1  thee  up  again  :   and  Joseph  shall  put 
ing  to  the  commandment  of  Pharaoh,  1  his  hand  upon  thine  eyes. 
and  gave  them  provision  for  the  way.  j    5  And  Jacob  rose    up    from   Beer- 

22  To  all  of  them  he  gave  each  man  j  sheba  :   and  the  sons  of  Israel  carried 
changes  of  raiment ;  but  to  Benjamin  !  Jacob  their  father,  and  their  little  ones; 
he  gave  three  hundred  pieces  of  silver,  i  and  their  wives,  in  the  wagons  which 
and  five  changes  of  raiment.  |  Pharaoh  had  sent  to  carry  him. 

23  And  to  his  father  he  sent  after  j    6  And  they  took  their  cattle,    and 
this  manner :  ten  asses  laden  with  the  j  their  goods,  which  they  had  gotten  in 
good  things  of  Egypt,  and  ten  asses  I  the  land  of  Canaan,    and  came  into 
laden  with  corn  and  bread  and  meat  j  Egypt,   Jacob,    and   all  his  children 


for  his  father  by  the  way. 

24  So  he  sent  his  brethren  away,  and 
they  departed:  and  he  said  unto  them, 
See  that  ye  quarrel  not  by  the  way. 

25  And  they  went  up  out  of  Egypt, 
and  came  into  the  land  of  Canaan  unto 
Jacob  their  father, 

26  And  told  him  that  Joseph  is  yet 
alive,  and  that  he  is  governor  over  all 
the  land  of  Egypt.    And  Jacob's  heart 
fainted,  for  he  believed  them  not. 

27  And  they  told  him  all  the  words 
of  Joseph,   which  he  had  said  unto 
them:  and  when  he  saw  the  wagons 
which  Joseph  had  sent  to  carry  him, 
the  spirit  of  Jacob  their  father  revived. 

28  And  Israel  said,  It  is  enough; 
Joseph  my  son  is  yet  alive  !    I  will  go 
and  see  him  before  I  die. 

CHAPTER  XLVI. 

Israel  took  his  journey  with  all 
that  he  had,  and  came  to  Beer- 
sheba,  and  offered  sacrifices  unto  the 
God  of  his  father  Isaac. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  Israel  in  the 
visions  of  the  night,  and  said,  Jacob, 
Jacob.     And  he  said,  Here  am  I. 

3  And  he  said,  I  am  God,  the  God 


with  him : 

7  His  sons,  and  his  son's  sons  with 
him,    his   daughters,    and    his    sons' 
daughters,  and  all  his  offspring  brought 
he  with  him  into  Egypt. 

8  All  the  souls  that  came  with  Jacob 
'  into  Egypt,  besides  Jacob's  sons'  wives, 

all  the  souls  were  threescore  and  six ; 

9  And  the   sons  of  Joseph,   which 
were    born  him  in  Egypt,    were  two 
souls:    all  the  souls  of  the  house  of 
Jacob,  which  came  into  Egypt,  were 
threescore  and  ten. 

10  And  he  sent  Judah  before  him 
unto  Joseph,  to  direct  his  face  unto 
Goshen ;  and  they  came  into  the  land 
of  Goshen. 

11  And  Joseph  made  ready  his  cha- 
riot, and  went  up  to  meet  Israel  his 
father,  to  Goshen,  and  presented  him- 
self unto  him ;  and  he  fell  on  his  neck, 
and  wept  on  his  neck  a  good  while. 

12  And   Israel    said   unto    Joseph, 
Now  let  me  die,  since  I  have  seen  thy 
face,  because  thou  art  yet  alive. 

13  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, and  unto  his  father's  house,  I  will 
go  up,    and  tell   Pharaoh,  and   say 
unto  him,  My  brethren,  and  iny  father's 


CHAPTER  XLVII.  GENESIS. 

house,  which  were  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan, are  come  unto  me ; 

14  And  the  men  are  shepherds,  for 
their  trade  hath  been  to  feed  cattle ; 
and  they  have  brought  their  flocks, 
and  their  herds,  and  all  that  they  have. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
Pharaoh  shall  call  you,  and  shall  say, 
What  is  your  occupation  ? 

1(>  That  ye  shall  say,  Thy  servants' 
trade  hath  been  about  cattle  from  our 
youth  even  until  now,  both  we,  and 
also  our  fathers :  that  ye  may  dwell  in 
the  land  of  Goshen;  for  every  shepherd 
is  an  abomination  unto  the  Egyptians. 


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CHAPTER  XLVII. 


T 


HEN  Joseph  came  and  told  Pha- 
raoh, and  said,  My  father  and  my 
brethren,  and  their  flocks,  and  their 
herds,  and  all  that  they  have,  are  come 
out  of  the  land  of  Caaaan ;  and,  be- 
hold, they  are  in  the  land  of  Goshen. 

2  And  he  took  some  of  his  brethren, 
even  five  men,    and   presented  them 
unto  Pharaoh. 

3  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, What  is  your  occupation?     And 
they  said  unto  Pharaoh,  Thy  servants 
are  shepherds,  both  we,  and  also  our 
fathers. 

4  They  said  moreover  unto  Pharaoh, 
To  sojourn  in  the  land  are  we  come; 
for  thy  servants  have  no  pasture  for 
their  flocks ;  for  the  famine  is  sore  in 
the  land  of  Canaan:    now  therefore, 
we  pray  thee,  let  thy  servants  dwell  in 
the  land  of  Goshen. 

5  And  Pharaoh  spake  unto  Joseph, 
saying,  Thy  father  and  thy  brethren 
are  come  unto  thee : 

6  The  land  of  Egypt  is  before  thee ; 
in  the  best  of  the  land  make  thy  father 
and  brethren  to  dwell ;  in  the  land  of 
Goshen  let  them  dwell:    and  if  them 


knowest  any  men  of  activity  among 
them,  then  make  them  rulers  over  my 
cattle. 

7  And  Joseph  brought  in  Jacob  his 
|  father,  and  presented  him  before  Pha- 
|  raohand  Jacob  blessed  Pharaoh. 

8  And  Pharaoh    said    unto    Jacob, 
I  How  old  art  thou  ? 

9  And  Jacob  said  unto  Pharaoh,  The 
days  of  the  years  of  my  pilgrimage  are 
a  hundred  and  thirty  years:   few  and 
evil  have  the  days  of  the  years  of  my 
life  b  en,  and  have  not  attained  unto 
the  days  of  the  years  of  the  life  of  my 
fathers  in  the  days  of  their  pilgrimage. 

10  And  Jacob  blessed  Pharaoh,  and 
went  out  from  before  Pharaoh. 

11  And  Joseph  placed  his  father  and 
his  brethren,  and  gave  them  a  posses- 
sion in  the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  best 
of  the  land,  in  the  land  of  Rameses, 
as  Pharaoh  had  commanded. 

12  And  Joseph  nourished  his  father, 
and  his  brethren,  and  all  his  father's 
household,   with  bread,  according  to 
their  families. 

13  And  there  was  no  bread  in  all 
the  land ;  for  the  famine  was  very  sorer 
so  that  the  land  of  Egypt  and  all  the 
land  of  Canaan  fainted  by  reason  of 
the  famine. 

14  And  Joseph  gathered  up  all  the 
money  that  was  found  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  for 
the  corn  which  they  bought :   and  Jo- 
seph brought  the  money  into  Pharaoh's 
house. 

15  And  when  money  failed  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan,   all    the  Egyptians  came  unto 
Joseph,  and  said,  Give  us  bread :    for 
why  should  we  die  in  thy  presence  ? 
for  the  money  faileth. 

1 6  And  Joseph  said ,  Give  your  cattle ; 


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GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XLVIII. 


and  I  will  give  you  for  your  cattle,  if 
money  fail. 

17  And   they  brought   their   cattle 
unto  Joseph :  and  Joseph  gave  them 
bread  in  exchange  for  horses,  and  for 
the  flocks,   and  for  the  cattle  of  the 
herds,  and  he  fed  them  with  bread  for 
all  their  cattle  for  that  year. 

18  When  that  year  was  ended,  they 
came  unto  him  the  second  year,   and 
said  unto  him,    We  will  not  hide  it 
from  my  lord,  how  that  our  money  is 
spent ;  my  lord  also  hath  our  herds  of 
cattle ;  there  is  not  aught  left  in  the 
sight  of  my  lord,  but  our  bodies,   and 
our  lands : 

19  Wherefore  shall  we   die   before 
thine  eyes,  both  we  and  our  land  ?  buy 
us  and  our  land  for  bread,    and   we 
and  our  land  will  be  servants  unto 
Pharaoh ;  and  give  us  seed,  that  we 
may  live,  and  not  die,  that  the  land 
be  not  desolate. 

20  And  Joseph  bought  all  the  land 
of  Egypt  for  Pharaoh ;  for  the  Egyp- 
tians sold  every  man  his  field,  because 
the  famine  prevailed  over  them:    so 
the  land  became  Pharaoh's. 

21  And  as  for  the  people,  he  removed 
them  to  cities  from  one  end  of  the 
borders  of  Egypt   even  to  the  other 
end  thereof. 

22  Only  the  land  of  the  priests  bought 
he  not ;  for  the  priests  had  a  portion 
assigned  them  of  Pharaoh,   and  did 
eat  their  portion  which  Pharaoh  gave 
them:    wherefore  they  sold  not  their 
lands. 

23  Then  Joseph  said  unto  the  people, 
Behold,  I  have  bought  you  this  day 
and  your  land  for  Pharaoh :   lo,  here  is 
seed  for  you,  and  ye  shall  sow  the  land. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the 
increase,  that  ye  shall  give  the  fifth 
part   unto  Pharaoh,    and    four  parts 


shall  be  your  own,  for  seed  of  the  field, 
and  for  your  food,  and  for  them  of 
your  households,  and  for  food  for  your 
little  ones. 

25  And  they  said,  Thou  hast  saved 
our  lives  :  let  us  find  grace  in  the  sight 
of  my  lord,  and  we  will  be  Pharaoh's 
servants. 

26  And  Joseph  made  it  a  law  over 
the  land  of  Egypt  unto  this  day,  that 
Pharaoh  should  have  the  fifth  part; 
except  the  land  of  the  priests  only, 
which  became  not  Pharaoh's. 

27  And  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  in  the  country  of  Groshen  ;  and 
they  had  possessions  therein,  and  grew, 
and  multiplied  exceedingly. 

28  And  Jacob  lived  in  the  land  of 
Egypt  seventeen  years :    so  the  whole 
age  of  Jacob  was  a  hundred  forty  and 
seven  years. 

29  And  the  time  drew  nigh  that  Is- 
rael must  die :   and  he  called  his  son 
Joseph,  and  said  unto  him,  If  now  I 
have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  I  pray 
thee,  swear  unto  me  that  thou  wilt 
deal  kindly  and  truly  with  me ;   bury 
me  not,  I  pray  thee,  in  Egypt : 

30  But  I  will  lie  with  my  fathers, 
and  thou  shalt  carry  me  out  of  Egypt, 
and  bury  me  in  their  buryingplace. 
And  he  said,  I  will  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

31  And  he  said,    Swear  unto  me. 
And  he  swore  unto  him.     And  Israel 
bowed  himself  upon  the  bed's  head. 

CHAPTER  XLVIII. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  that  Joseph  was  told,  Be- 
hold, thy  father  is  sick :  and  he  took 
with  him  his  two  sons,  Manasseh  and 
Ephraim. 

2  And  Jacob  was  told,  Behold,  thy 
son  Joseph  cometh  unto  thee:  and 


CHAPTER  XLVIII. 


GENESIS. 


55 


Israel  strengthened  himself,   and  sat  |  from  between  his  knees,  and  he  bowed 
upon  the  bed.  |  himself  with  his  face  to  the  earth. 

3  And  Jacob  said  unto  Joseph,  God  i  13  And  Joseph  took  them  both,  Eph- 
Almighty  appeared  unto  me  at  Luz  in  i  raim  in  his  right  hand  toward  Israel's 
the  land  of  Canaan,  and  blessed  me,  I  left  hand,  and  Manasseh  in  his  left 


4  And  said  unto  me,  Behold,  I  will 
make  thee  fruitful,  and  multiply  thee, 
and  I  will  make  of  thee  a  multitude 
of  people ;  and  will  give  this  land  to 
thy  children  after  thee  for  an  ever- 
lasting possession. 


hand  toward  Israel's  right  hand,  and 
brought  them  near  unto  him. 

14  And  Israel  stretched  out  his  right 
hand,  and  laid  it  upon  Ephraim's 
head,  who  was  the  younger,  and  his 
left  hand  upon  Manasseh' s  head,  guid- 


5  And  now  thy  two  sons,  Ephraiin  ing  his  hands  wittingly ;  for  Manasseh 
and  Manasseh,  which  were  born  unto  i  was  the  firstborn. 

15  And  he  blessed  Joseph,  and  said, 
God,  before  whom  my  fathers  Abra- 
ham and  Isaac  did  walk,  the  God  which 
fed  me  all  my  life  long  unto  this  day, 

16  The  angel  which  redeemed  me 
from  all  evil,  bless  the  lads ;   and  let 
my  name  be  named  on  them,  and  the 
name  of   my   fathers   Abraham   and 


thee  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  before  I 
came  unto  thee  into  Egypt,  are 
mine;  as  Reuben  and  Simeon,  they 
shall  be  mine.  ^ 

6  And  thy  issue,    which  thou  hast 
after  them,  shall  be  thine,  and  shall 


their 


be  called 
brethren 
7  And  as  for  me,  when  I  came  from 


after   the    name    of 
their   inheritance. 


in 


Isaac ;  and  let  them  grow  into  a  mul- 


Padan,  Rachel  died  by  me  in  the  land  I  titude  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 


of  Canaan  in  the  way,  when  yet  there 
was  but  a  little  way  to  come  unto  Eph- 
rath:  and  I  buried  her  there  in  the 
way  of  Ephrath ;  the  same  is  Beth- 
lehem. 

8  And  Israel  beheld  Joseph's  sons, 
and  said,  Who  are  these  ? 

9  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  father, 
They  are  my  sons,  whom  God  hath 
given  me  in  this  place.     And  he  said, 


17  And  when  Joseph  saw  that  his 
father   laid  his  right  hand  upon  the 
head  of  Ephraim,  it  displeased  him: 
and  he  held  up  his  father's  hand,  to 
remove  it  from  Ephraim's  head  unto 
Manasseh' s  head. 

18  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  father, 
Not  so,  my  father :  for  this  is  the  first- 
born; put  thy  right  hand  upon  his  head. 

19  And  his  father  refused,  and  said, 


Bring  them,  I  pray  thee,  unto  me,  and  i  I  know  it,  my  son,  I  know  it:  he  also 


I  will  bless  them. 

10  Now  the  eyes  of  Israel  were  dim 
for   age,    so  that  he  could  not  see. 
And  he  brought  them  near  unto  him ; 
and  he   kissed  them,    and   embraced 
them. 

11  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  I 
had  not  thought  to  see  thy  face :  and, 
lo,   God  hath   shewed   me    also   thy 
children. 


shall  become  a  people,  and  he  also 
shall  be  great:  but  truly  his  younger 
brother  shall  be  greater  than  he,  and 
his  issue  shall  become  a  multitude  of 
nations. 

20  And  he  blessed  them  that  day, 
saying,  In  thee  shall  Israel  bless,  say- 
ing, God  make  thee  as  Ephraim  and 
Manasseh :  and  he  set  Ephraim  before 
Manasseh. 


12  And  Joseph  brought  them  out  |    21  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  Be- 


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GENESIS.  CHAPTER  XLIX, 


hold,  I  die;  but  God  shall  be  with 
you,  and  bring  you  again  unto  the  land 
of  your  fathers. 

22  Moreover  I  have  given  to  thee 
one  portion  above  thy  brethren,  which 
I  took  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Amorite 
with  my  sword  and  with  my  bow. 


CHAPTER  XLIX. 


AND 


Jacob  called   unto  his  sons, 
and  said : 
Assemble,  that  I  may  tell  you  that 
which  shall  befall  you  in  the  last 
days. 

Assemble,  and  listen,  sons  of  Jacob; 
listen  to  Israel,  your  father. 

Reuben,  thou  art  my  first-born, 
my   marrow,    the    firstling    of    my 

strength  : 

there  was  pre-eminence  of  dignity, 
pre-eminence  of  power — 
Boiling  over  as  water, 
thou  shalt  not  excel ; 
for  thou    ascendedst    thy    father's 

stead, 
dishonoring  him  who  rested  on  my 

couch. 

5      Simeon  and  Levi  are  brethren, 
their  swords  are  weapons  of  violence. 
In  their  concert  may  never  be  my 

soul, 

nor  my  heart  join  their   assembly. 
For  in  their  anger  they  slay  a  man, 
in  their  self-will  they  hough  a  bull. 
Cursed  be  their  anger — it  is  tierce  ;  j 
their  wrath — it  is  cruel. 
I  divide  them  in  Jacob, 
I  scatter  them  through  Israel. 

Judah,  thee  thy  brethren  extoll ; 
thy  hand  is  on  the  neck  of  thy  foes, 
thy  father's  sons  bow  down  before 

thee. 

Judah  is  a  lion's  whelp  ; 
from  prey  thou  risest,  my  son. 
He  stoops,  couches,  like  a  lion,  or  a 

lioness — 

who  shall  rouse  him  up? 
10  The  sceptre  shall  not  depart  from 

Judah, 
nor  the  ruler's   staff  from  between 

his  feet, 
until  he  comes  to  Shiloh, 


and  there  is  a  gathering  of  tribes 

around  him. 

He  binds  his  foal  to  the  vine, 
to  a  choice  plant  the  colt  of  his  ass 
he  washes  his  clothes  in  wine, 
his  garment  in  the  blood  of  grapes  ; 
His  eyes  are  red  from  wine, 
his  teeth  white  with  milk. 

Zebulun  will  dwell  at  the  haven 

of  the  sea, 

and  his  land  be  a  haven  for  ships  ; 
his  side  toiiches  Zidon. 

Issachar  is  the  beast  of  strangers, 
couching  between  the  folds. 
15  He  saw  that  rest  was  good, 
that  the  land  was  pleasant : 
so  he  bent  his  shoulder  to  bear, 
and  labored,  and  paid  tribute. 

Dan  shall  judge  his  people, 
as  one  of  the  tribes  of  Israel. 
Dan  will  be  a  serpent  by  the  way, 
an  adder  in  the  path, 
which  bites  the  heels  of  the  horse, 
so  that  the  rider  falls  backward — 
For  thy  salvation  I  hope,  O  Eternal. 

Gad — squads  invade  him, 
but  he  cuts  their  heels. 

20      Asher's  food  is  fat  ; 

he  produces  kingly  dainties. 

Naphtali  is  a  slender  hind  : 
he  utters  beautiful  words. 

Joseph  is  a  fruitful  young  plant, 
a  fruitful  young  plant  by  a  well ; 
the  branches  run  over  the  Avail. 
He  was  bitterly  assailed,  and  shot  at, 
and  hated,  by  archer*  : 
but  his  bow  abode  in  strength, 
and  his  arms  were  supple — 
through    the   hand    of    Jacob's    de- 
fender, 

through  him,  the  shepherd  and  rock 
of  Israel  : 

25  through  thy  father's  God — he  helps 
thee  ; 

through  the  Almighty — he  blesses 
thee, 

with  blessings  of  heaven  above, 

blessings  of  the  dee])  spread  out 
below. 

with  blessings  of  fruitfulness. 

Thy  father's  blessings  go  beyond 

the  blessings  of  my  progenitors. 

to  the  utmost  bound  of  the  ever- 
lasting hills  ; 

they  shall  rest  on  the  head  of  Joseph, 


CHAPTER  L. 


GENESIS. 


57 


On   the  head   of  the  crowned   one 

among  his  brethren. 
Benjamin  is  a  wolf  that  tears  ; 
he  devours  prey  in  the  morning, 
divides  spoils  in  the  evening. 

28  All  these  are  the  twelve  tribes  of 
Israel :  and  this  it  is  what  their  father 
spake  unto  them,  and  blessed  them ; 
every  one  according  to  his  blessing  he 
blessed  them. 

29  And  he  charged  them,  and  said 
unto  them,  I  am  to  be  gathered  unto 


Egyptians  mourned  for  him  threescore 
and  ten  days. 

4  And  when  the  days  of  his  mourn- 
ing were  past,  Joseph  spoke  unto  the 
house  of  Pharaoh,   saying,  If  now  I 
have  found  grace  in  your  eyes,  speak, 
I  pray  you,   for  me   unto   Pharaoh, 
saying, 

5  My  father  made  me  swear,  saying, 
Lo,  I  die :  in  my  grave  which  I  have 
digged  for  me  in  the  land  of  Canaan, 


U.11LVJ      UI1V>1-H«      JL      C*LLA      UV      f-"^         &,t*»«JJ_4.V/A  V^V*,         i*.i..ft.vvs  ,  1                               -1            1,         ,T                      1                                                        XT                     jl 

my  people:  bury  me  with  my  fathers  Jh ere.  shalfc  thou  bur>*me'    N°w  there; 

in  the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of  Eph-  *ore  let  me  «°  UP»  *  *™*  thee>  a.nd 

,  fV.0  TTJfH'f o  burv  my  father>  and  I  Wl11  come  again. 


ron  the  Hittite. 

30  In  the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of 
Machpelah,  which  is  before   Mamre, 
in  the  land  of  Canaan,  which  Abra- 
ham bought  with  the  field  of  Ephron 
the  Hittite  for  a  possession  of  a  bury- 
ingplace. 

31  There  they  buried  Abraham  and 
Sarah   his   wife ;    there,   they  buried 
Isaac  and  Rebekah  his  wife;  and  there 
I  buried  Leah. 

32  The  purchase  of  the  field  and  of 

the 


the  cave  that  is  therein  was  from 
children  of  Heth. 

33  And  when  Jacob  had  made  an 
end  of  commanding  his  sons,  he  gath- 
ered up  his  feet  into  the  bed,  and 
yielded  up  the  ghost,  and  was  gathered 
unto  his  people. 

CHAPTER  L. 


6  And  Pharaoh  said,   Go  up,    and 
bury  thy  father,  according  as  he  made 
thee  swear. 

7  And  Joseph  went  up  to  bury  his 
father :  and  with  him  went  up  all  the 
servants  of  Pharaoh,  the  elders  of  his 
house,  and  all  the  elders  of  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

8  And  all  the  house  of  Joseph,  and 
his  brethren,  and  his  father's  house : 
only  their  little  ones,  and  their  flocks, 
and  their  herds,  they  left  in  the  land 


of  Goshen. 

9  And  there  went  up  with  him  both 
chariots  and  horsemen :  and  it  was  a 
very  great  company. 

10  And  they  came  to  the  threshing- 
floor  of  Atad,  which  is  beyond  Jordan; 
and  there  they  mourned  with  a  great 
and  very  sore   lamentation:    and  he 
made  a  mourning  for  his  father  seven 

A  ND  Joseph  fell  upon  his  father's  j  days. 

face,   and  wept  upon   him,    and  j    11   And  when  the  inhabitants  of  the 

land,  the  Canaanites,  saw  the  mourn- 
ing by  the  floor  of  Atad,  they  said,  This 
is  a  grievous  mourning  to  the  Egyp- 
tians: wherefore  the  name  of  it  was 
called  Abel-mizraim,  which  is  beyond 
Jordan. 
12  And  his  sons  did  unto  him 


kissed  him. 

2  And  Joseph  commanded  his  ser- 
vants  the  physicians  to  embalm  his 
f  ather  :   and  the  physicians  embalmed 
Israel. 

3  And  forty  days  were  fulfilled  for 
him  ;   for  so  are  fulfilled  the  days  of 

those  which  are  embalmed  :    and  the  !  cording  as  he  commanded  them  : 


ac- 


58  GENESIS.  CHAPTER  L. 


13  For  his  sons  carried  him  into  the  j    20  But  as  for  you,  ye  thought  evil 
land  of  Canaan,  and  buried  him  in  !  against  me :   but  God  meant  it  unto 
the  cave  of  the  field  of  Machpelah,  j  good,  to  bring  to  pass,  as  it  is  this 
which  Abraham  bought  with  the  field  j  day,  to  save  much  people  alive. 

for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace  of  j  21  Now  therefore  fear  ye  not :  I  will 
Ephron  the  Hittite,  before  Mamre.  nourish  you,  and  your  little  ones. 

14  And  Joseph  returned  into  Egypt,  !  And  he  comforted  them,  and   spoke 
he,  and  his  brethren,  and  all  that  went  j  kindly  unto  them. 

up  with  him  to  bury  his  rather,  after!  22  And  Joseph  dwelt  in  Egypt,  he, 
he  had  buried  his  father  j  and  his  father>g  house.  and  Jogeph 

15  And  when  Joseph  s  brethren  saw  j  lived  a  hundred  and  ten  years. 

that  their  father  was  dead,  thev  said.      rt0    ,     ,  T        .          ^  ,     .    ,     ,  ., 
Joseph  will  peradventure  hate  us,  and  !  .    3  ***  ?""$  ?w  Ephra!m  S  ^ 
will  certainly  requite  us  all  the  evil   ^   of   ^   third    generation :     the 
which  we  did  unto  him.  !  ^ren  also  of   Machir  the  son  of 

16  And  they  sent  a  messenger  unto   Manasf h  were  brouSht  UP  uP°n  Jo' 
Joseph,  saying,  Thy  father  did  com-  j  s^h  s  knees« 

mand  before  he  died,  saying,  ^  And  JosePh  8aid  unto  hls  brQ^' 

17  So   shall  ye    say   unto   Joseph,  |  ren>  l  die5  and  God  will  surely  visit 
Forgive,  I  pray  thee  now,  the  trespass  !  y°u>  and  brmS  vou  out  of  this  land 
of  thy  brethren,  and  their  sin;  for  they  !  unto  the  land  whlch  he  aware  to  Abra- 
did  unto  thee  evil:  and  now,  we  pray  1  ham>  to  Isaac>  and  to  Jacob- 

thee,  forgive  the  tresprass  of  the  ser- 1  25  And  Joseph  took  an  oath  of  the 
vants  of  the  God  of  thy  father.  And  I  children  of  Israel,  saying,  God  will 
Joseph  wept  when  they  spoke  unto  him.  |  surely  visit  you,  and  ye  shall  carry  up 

18  And  his  brethren  also  went  and  I  my  bones  from  hence. 

fell  down  before  his  face  ;  and  they  26  So  Joseph  died,  being  a  hundred 
said,  Behold,  we  be  thy  servants.  and  ten  years  old :  and  they  embalmed 

19  And  Joseph  said  unto  them,  Fear   him,  and  he  was  put  in  a   coffin  in 
not:  for  am  I  in  the  place  of  God  ?  j  Egypt. 


EXODUS, 

CALLED    THE    SECOND   BOOK   OF   MOSES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

~W~OW  these  are  the  names  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  who  came  into 
Egypt ;  every  man  and  his  household 
came  with  Jacob. 

2  Reuben,  Simeon,  Levi,  and  Judah, 
Issachar,  Zebulun,  and  Benjamin,  Dan, 
and  Naphtali,  Gad,  and  Asher. 

3  And  all  the   souls  that  came  of 
Jacob's  house  were  seventy  souls : 

4  Now  Joseph  had  died,  and  all  his 
brethren,  and  all  that  generation. 

5  And  the  children  of  Israel  increased 
abundantly,  and  multiplied,  and  waxed 
exceedingly  mighty ;  and  the  land  was 
filled  with  them. 

6  Now  there   rose   up   a  new  king 
over  Egypt,  which  knew  not  Joseph. 

7  And  he  said  unto  his  people,  Be- 
hold, the  people  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael are  more  and  mightier  than  we : 

8  Come  on,  let  us  deal  wisely  with 
them :  lest  they  multiply,  and  it  come 
to  pass,  that,  when  there  falleth  out 
any  war,  they  join  also  unto  our  ene- 
mies, and  fight  against  us,  and  so  rise 
over  the  land. 


11  And   the   Egyptians    made    the 
children  of  Israel  to  serve  with  rigour : 

12  And  they  made  their  lives  bitter 
with  hard  bondage,  in  mortar,  and  in 
brick,  and  in  all  manner  of  service  in 
the  field :  all  their  service,  wherein  they 
made  them  serve,  was  with  rigour. 

13  And   Pharaoh    charged    all    his 
people,  saying,  Every  Hebrew  son  that 
is  born  ye  shall  cast  into  the  river,  and 
every  daughter  ye  shall  save  alive. 

CHAPTER  II. 

there  went  a  man  of  the  house 
of  Levi,  and  took  to  wife  a  daugh- 
ter of  Levi. 

2  And  the  woman  bare  a  son :   and 
when  she  saw  him  that  he  was  a  goodly  • 
child,  she  hid  him  three  months. 

3  And  when  she  could  not  longer 
hide  him,  she  took  for  him  an  ark  of 
bulrushes,  and  daubed  it  with  slime 
and  with  pitch,  and  put  the  child  there- 
in ;  and  she  laid  it  in  the  flags  by  the 
river's  brink. 

4  And  his  sister  stood  afar  off,  to 
watch  what  would  be  done  to  him. 

And  the  daughter  of  Pharaoh  came 


9  Therefore  they  did  set  over  them  j  down  to  wash  herself  at  the   river ; 
taskmasters  to  afflict  them  with  their  |  and  her  maidens  walked  along  by  the 


burdens.  And  they  built  for  Pharaoh 
treasure  cities,  Pithom  and  Raamses. 
10  But  the  more  they  afflicted  them, 
the  more  they  multiplied  and  grew. 
And  they  were  grieved  because  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 


river's  side :  and  when  she  saw  the 
ark  among  the  flags,  she  sent  her  maid 
to  fetch  it. 

6  And  when  she  had  opened  it,  she 
saw  the  child :  and,  behold  the  babe 
wept.  And  she  had  compassion  on 


60 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  III. 


him,  and  said,  This  is  one  of  the  He- 
brews' children. 

7  Then  said  his  sister  to  Pharaoh's 
daughter,  Shall  I  go  and  call  to  thee 
a  nurse  of  the  Hebrew  women,  that 
she  may  nurse  the  child  for  thee  ? 

8  And  Pharaoh's  daughter  said  to 
her,  Go.     And   the  maid  went  and 
called  the  child's  mother. 

9  And  Pharaoh's  daughter  said  unto 
her,  Take  the  child  away,    and  nurse 
it  for  me,  and  I  will  give  thee  thy 
wages.    And  the  woman  took  the  child, 
and  nursed  it. 

10  And   the   child    grew,    and    she 
brought  him  unto  Pharaoh's  daughter, 
and  he  became  her  son.       And    she 
called  his  name  Moses :  for  she  said, 
Because  I  drew  him  out  of  the  water. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days, 
when  Moses  was  grown,  that  he  went 
out  unto  his  brethren,  and  looked  on 
their  burdens :   and  he  spied  an  Egyp- 
tian  smiting  a  Hebrew,    one  of   his 
brethren. 

12  And  he  looked  this  way  and  that 
way,  and  when  he  saw  that  there  was 
no  man,  he  slew  the  Egyptian,   and 
hid  him  in  the  sand. 

13  And  when  he  went  out  the  second 
day,  behold,  two  men  of  the  Hebrews 
strove  together:   and  he  said  to  him 
that  did  the  wroiii>\  Wherefore  srnitest 
thou  thy  fellow  ? 

14  And  he  said,  Who  made  thee  a 
prince  and  a  judge  over  us?  intendest 
thou  to  kill  me,   as  thou  killedst  the 
Egyptian  ?     And  Moses  feared,    and 
said,  Surely  this  thing  is  known. 

15  Now  when  Pharaoh  heard   this 
thing,  he  sought  to  slay  Moses.     But 
Moses  fled  from  the  face  of  Pharaoh, 
and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Midian :   and 
he  sat  down  by  a  well. 

16  Now  the  priest  of  Midian  had 


seven  daughters:  and  they  came  and 
drew  water,  and  filled  the  troughs  to 
j  water  their  father's  flock. 
|  17  And  the  shepherds  came  and  drove 
I  them  away :  but  Moses  stood  up  and 
I  helped  them,  and  watered  their  flock. 
j  18  And  when  they  came  to  Reuel 
!  their  father,  he  said,  How  is  it  that 
;  ye  are  come  so  soon  to  day  ? 

19  And  they  said,  An  Egyptian  de- 
!  livered  us  out  of  the  hand  of  the  shep- 
\  herds,  and  also  drew  water  enough 
i  for  us,  and  watered  the  flock. 
,  20  And  he  said  unto  his  daughters, 
And  where  is  he  ?  why  is  it  that  ye 
j  have  left  the  man  ?  call  him,  that  he 
!  may  eat  bread. 

I  21  And  Moses  was  content  to  dwell 
i  with  the  man :  and  he  gave  Moses 
I  Zipporah  his  daughter  to  wife. 

22  And  she  bare  him  a  »on,  and  he 
'  called  his  name  Gershoni ;  for  he  said, 
\  I  have  been  an  alien  in  a  strange  land. 
|  23  And  she  again  bare  a  son,  and 
I  he  called  his  name  Eliezer,  for,  said 
I  he,  the  God  of  my  father  was  my 
j  help,  and  delivered  me  from  the 
i  sword  of  Pharaoh. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  in  process 
!  of  time,  that  the  king  of  Egypt  died  : 

|  and  the  children  of  Israel  sighed  by 
i  reason  of  the  bondage,  and  they  cried, 
and  their  cry  came  up  unto  God  from 
|  their  bondage. 

25  And  God  heard  their  groaning, 
I  and  God  remembered  his  covenant  with 
|  Abraham,  with  Isaac,  and  with  Jacob. 
i    2(>  And  God  looked  upon  the  children 

oMsrael,  and  God  had  respect  unto 
them. 

CHAPTER  III. 

Moses  kept  the  flock  of  Jethro 
his  father  in  law,    the    priest  of 
I  Midian :   and  he  led  the  flock  toward 


CHAPTER  HI. 


EXODUS. 


61 


the  desert,    and  came  to  the   moun-  j 
tain  of  God,  even  to  Horeb. 

2  And    an  angel  of  the  LORD  ap-  j 
peared  unto  him  in  a  flame  of  fire  out 
of  the  midst  of  a  bush :  and  he  looked, 
and,   behold,   the  bush  burned  with 
fire,  and  the  bush  was  not  consumed. 

3  And  Moses  said,  I  will  now  turn 
aside  and  see  this  great  sight,  why  the 
bush  is  not  burnt. 

4  And  when  the  LORD  saw  that  he 
turned  aside  to  see,  God  called  unto 
him  out  of  the  midst  of  the  bush,  and 
said,   Moses,  Moses.      And  he  said, 
Here  am  I. 

5  And  he  said,  Draw  not  nigh  hither : 
put  off  thy  shoes  from  off  thy  feet; 
for  the  place  whereon  thou  standest  is 
holy  ground. 

6  Moreover  he  said,  I  ain  the  God 
of  thy  father,   the  God  of  Abraham, 
the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Ja- 
cob.   And  Moses  hid  his  face ;  for  he 
was  afraid  to  look  upon  God. 

7  And  the  LORD  said,  I  have  surely 
seen  the  affliction  of  my  people  which 
are  in  Egypt,   and  have  heard  their 
cry  by  reason  of  their  taskmasters; 
for  I  know  their  sorrows ; 

8  And  I  am  come  down  to  deliver 
them  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Egyptians, 
and  to  bring  them  up  out  of  that  land 
unto  a  good  land  and  a  large,  unto  a 
land  flowing  with  milk  and   honey; 
unto  the  place  of  the  Canaanites,  and 
the  Hittites,  and  the  Amorites,  and 
the  Perizzites,  and  the  Hivites,  and 
the  Jebusites. 

9  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  cry  of 
the  children  of  Israel  is  come  unto  me : 
and  I  have  also  seen  the  oppression 
wherewith  the  Egyptians  oppress  them. 

10  Come  now  therefore,  and  I  will 
send  thee  unto  Pharaoh,   that  thou 


mayest  bring  forth  my  people  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  out  of  Egypt. 

11  And  Moses  said  unto  God,  Who 
am  I,  that  I  should  bring  forth  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  Egypt  ? 

12  And  he  said,  I  will  certainly  be 
with  thee ;   and  this  shall  be  a  token 
unto  thee,   that   I   have   sent   thee: 
When   thou   hast  brought  forth  the 
people  out  of  Egypt,  ye  shall  serve 
God  upon  this  mountain. 

13  And  Moses  said  unto  God,  Be- 
hold, when  I  come  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,   and  shall  say  unto  them, 
The  God  of  your  fathers  hath  sent  me 
unto  you ;  and  they  shall  say  to  me, 
What  is  his  name  ?   what  shall  I  say 
unto  them  ? 

14  And  God  said  unto  Moses,  I  AM 
THAT  I  AM:    and  he  said,   Thus 
shalt  thou  say  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  I  AM  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 

15  And   God    said    moreover    unto 
Moses,  Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  The  LORD  God  of 
your  fathers,   the  God  of  Abraham, 
the   God  of  Isaac,    and  the  God  of 
Jacob,  hath  sent  me  unto  you:  this  is 
my  name  for  ever,    and  this  is  my 
memorial  unto  all  generations. 

16  Go,  and  gather  the  elders  of  Is- 
rael together,  and  say  unto  them,  The 
LORD  God  of  your  fathers,  the  God 
of  Abraham,  of  Isaac,  and  of  Jacob, 
appeared  unto   me,    saying,    I   have 
surely  visited  you,  and  seen  that  which 
is  done  to  you  in  Egypt  : 

17  And  I  have  said,  I  will  bring  you 
up  out  of  the  affliction  of  Egypt  unto 
the  land  of  the  Canaaniies,  and  the 
Hittites    and  the  Amorites,  and  the 
Perizzites,  and  the  Hivites,  and  the 
Jebusites,  unto  a  land  flowing  with 
milk  and  honey. 

18  And  they  shall  hearken  to  thy 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


voice :  and  thou  shalt  come,  thou  and 
the  elders  of  Israel,  unto  the  king  of 
Egypt,  and  ye  shall  say  unto  him, 
The  LORD  God  of  the  Hebrews  hath 
met  with  us :  and  now  let  us  go,  we 
beseech  thee,  three  days'  yourney  into 
the  wilderness,  that  we  may  sacrifice 
to  the  LORD  our  God. 

19  And  I  am  sure  that  the  king  of  | 
Egypt  will  not  let  you  go,  no,  not  by  I 
a  mighty  hand. 

20  And  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand,  1 
and  smite  Egypt  with  all  my  wonders  j 
which  I  will  do  in  the  midst  thereof : 
and  after  that  he  will  let  you  go. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

A  ND  Moses  answered  and  said,  But, 
behold,  they  will  not  believe  me,  | 
nor  hearken  unto  my  voice :   for  they 
will  say,  The  LORD  hath  not  appeared 
unto  thee. 

2  And  the   LORD   said   unto   him,  j 
What  is  that  in  thine  hand  ?    And  he 
said,  A  rod. 

3  And  he  said,  Cast  it  on  the  ground. 
And  he  cast  it  on  the  ground,   and  it 
became  a  serpent:    and   Moses   fled 
from  before  it. 

4  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Put  forth  thine  hand,  and  take  it  by 
the  tail.     And  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  caught  it,  and  it  became  a  rod  in 
his  hand : 

5  That  they  may  believe  that  the 
LORD  God  of  their  fathers,  the  God 
of  Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac,  and 
the  God  of  Jacob,  hath  appeared  unto 
thee. 

6  And  the  LORD  said  furthermore 
unto  him,  Put  now  thine  hand  into  thy 
bosom.    And  he  put  his  hand  into  his 
bosom:  and  when  he  took  it  out,  be- 
hold, his  hand  was  leprous  as  snow. 

7  And  he  said,  Put  thine  hand  into 


thy  bosom  again.  And  he  put  his  hand 
into  his  bosom  again ;  and  brought  it 
out  of  his  bosom,  and,  behold,  it  was 
turned  again  as  his  other  flesh. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they 
will  not  believe  thee,  neither  hearken 
to  the  voice  of  the  first  sign,  that  they 
will  believe  the  voice  of  the  latter  sign. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they 
will  not  believe  also  these  two  signs, 
neither  hearken  unto  thy  voice,  that 
thou  shalt  take  of  the  water  of  the 
river,  and  pour  it  upon  the  dry  land : 
and  the  water  which  thou  takest  out 
of  the  river  shall  become  blood  upon 
the  dry  land. 

10  And  Moses  said  unto  the  LORD, 

0  my  Lord,  I  am  not  eloquent,  neither 
heretofore,  nor  since  thou  hast  spoken 
unto  thy  servant ;    but  I  am  slow  of 
speech,  and  of  a  slow  tongue. 

11  And  the   LORD  said  unto  him, 
Who  hath  made  man's  mouth?  or  who 
niaketh  the  dumb,  or  deaf,  or  the  see- 
ing, or  the  blind  ?  Is  it  not  I  the  LORD? 

12  Now  therefore  go,  and  I  will  be 
with  thy  mouth,  and  teach  thee  what 
thou  shalt  say. 

13  And  he  said,  O  my  Lord,  send, 

1  pray  thee,  by  the  hand  of  him  whom 
thou  wilt  send. 

14  And  the  anger  of  the  LORD  was 
kindled  against  Moses,  and  he  said, 
Is  not  Aaron  the  Levite  thy  brother  ? 
I  know  that  he  can  speak  well.     And 
also,  behold,  he  cometh  forth  to  meet 
thee :  and  when  he  seeth  thee,  he  will 
be  glad  in  his  heart. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  him, 
and  put  words  in  his  mouth :   and  I 
will  be  with  thy  mouth,  and  with  his 
mouth,  and  will  teach,  you  what  ye 
shall  do. 

16  And  he  shall  be  thy  spokesman 
unto  the  people :   and  he  shall  be,  to 


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63 


thee  instead  of  a  mouth,   and  thou 
shalt  be  to  him  instead  of  God. 

17  And  thou  shalt  take  this  rod  in 
thine  hand,  wherewith  thou  shalt  do 
signs. 

18  And  Moses  went  and  returned  to 
Jethro  his  father  in  law,  and  said  unto 
him,  Let  me  go,  I  pray  thee,   and  re- 
turn unto  my  brethren  which  are  in 
Egypt,  and  see  whether  they  be  yet 
alive.    And  Jethro  said  to  Moses,  Go 
in  peace. 

19  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses 
in  Midian,  Go,  return  into  Egypt:  for 
all  the  men  are  dead  which  sought  thy 
life. 

20  And  Moses  took  his  wife  and  his 
sons,  and  set  them  upon  an  ass,  and 
he  returned  to  the  land  of  Egypt :  and 
Moses  took  the  rod  of  God  in  his  hand. 

21  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
When  thou  goest  to  return  into  Egypt, 
see  that  thou  do  all  those  wonders  be- 
fore Pharaoh,  which  I  have   put  in 
thine  hand. 

22  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  Pharaoh, 
Thus  saith  the  LORD,   Israel  is  my 
son,  even  my  firstborn : 

23  And  I  say  unto  thee,  Let  my  son 
go,  that  he  may  serve  me :  and  if  thou 
refuse  to  let  him  go,  behold,  I  will 
slay  thy  son,  even  thy  firstborn. 

24  And  the  LORD  said  to  Aaron, 
Go  into  the  wilderness  to  meet  Moses. 
And  he  went,   and  met  him  in  the 
mount  of  God,  and  kissed  him. 

25  And  Moses  told  Aaron  all  the 
words  of  the  LORD  who  had  sent  him, 
and  all  the  signs  which  he  had  com- 
manded him. 

26  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  and 
gathered  together  all  the  elders  of  the 
children  of  Israel : 

27  And  Aaron  spoke  all  the  words 
which  the   LORD   had   spoken    unto 


Moses,  and  did  the  signs  in  the  sighfc 
of  the  people. 

28  And  the  people  believed:  and 
when  they  heard  that  the  LORD  had 
visited  the  children  of  Israel,  and  that 
he  had  looked  upon  their  affliction, 
then  they  bowed  their  heads  and  wor- 
shipped. 

CHAPTER  V. 

A  ND  afterward  Moses  and  Aaron 

went  in,  and  told  Pharaoh,  Thus 

saith  the  LORD  God  of  Israel,  Let  my 

people  go,  that  they  may  hold  a  feast 

unto  me  in  the  wilderness. 

2  And  Pharaoh  said,   Who  is  the 
LORD,  that  I  should  obey  his  voice  to 
let  Israel  go  ?   I  know  not  the  LORD, 
neither  will  I  let  Israel  go. 

3  And  they  said,  The  God  of  the 
Hebrews  hath  met  with  us :  let  us  go, 
we  pray  thee,  three  days'  journey  into 
the  desert,  and  sacrifice  unto  the  LORD 
our  God;    lest  he  fall  upon  us  with 
pestilence,  or  with  the  sword. 

4  And  the  king  of  Egypt  said  unto 
them,   Wherefore  do  ye,  Moses  and 
Aaron,  detain  the  people  from  their 
works  ?  get  you  unto  your  burdens, 

5  And  Pharaoh  said,   Behold,   the 
people  of  the  land  now  are  many,  and 
ye  make  them  rest  from  their  burdens. 

6  And  Pharaoh  commanded  the  same 
day  the  taskmasters   of  the  people, 
and  their  officers,  saying, 

7  Ye  shall  no  more  give  the  people 
straw  to  make  brick,   as  heretofore: 
let  them  go  and  gather  straw  for  them- 
selves. 

8  And  the  tale  of  the  bricks,  which 
they  did  make  heretofore,  ye  shall  lay 
upon   them ;    ye    shall    not  diminish 
aught  thereof :  for  they  are  idle;  there- 
fore they  cry,  saying,  Let  us  go  and 
sacrifice  to  our  God. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


9  Let  there  more  work  be  laid  upon 
the  men,  that  they  may  labour  therein; 
and  let  them  not  regard  vain  words.  | 

10  And  the  taskmasters  of  the  people  ! 
went  out,  and  their  officers,  and  they  | 
spoke  to  the  people,  saying,  Thus  saith  I 
Pharaoh,  I  will  not  give  you  straw. 

11  Go  ye,   get  you  straw  where  ye 
can  find  it:    yet  not  aught  of  your 
work  shall  be  diminished. 

12  So    the    people    were    scattered  | 
abroad  throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt  i 
to  gather  stubble  instead  of  straw.. 

13  And  the  taskmasters  hasted  them, 
saying,  Fulfill  your  works,  your  daily 
tasks,  as  when,  there  was  straw. 

14  And  the  officers  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  Pharaoh's  taskmasters 
had  set  over  them,  were  beaten,  and 
demanded,    Wherefore    have   ye   not  | 
fulfilled  your  task  in  making  brick  both  j 
yesterday  and  to  day,  as  heretofore  ?  ! 

15  Then  the  officers  of  the  children  | 
of  Israel  came  and  cried  unto  Pharaoh, 
saying,  Wherefore  dealest  thou  thus 
with  thy  servants  ? 

16  There  is  no  straw  given  unto  thy 
servants,    and  they  say  to  us,  Make 
brick:  and,  behold,  thy  servants  are 
beaten,  and  sin  is  laid  on  thy  people. 

17  But  he  said,  Ye  are  idle,  ye  are 
idle :  therefore  ye  say,  Let  us  go  and 
do  sacrifice  to  the  LORD. 

18  Go  therefore  now,  and  work ;  for 
there  shall  no  straw  be  given  you,  yet 
shall  ye  deliver  the  tale  of  bricks. 

19  And  the  officers  of  the  children 
of  Israel  did  see  that  they  were  in  evil 
case,  after  it  was  said,  Ye  shall  not 
diminish  aught  from  your  bricks  of 
your  daily  task. 

20  And  they  met  Moses  and  Aaron, 
who  stood  in  the  way,  as  they  came 
forth  from  Pharaoh : 

21  And  they  said  unto  them,  The 


LORD  look  upon  you,  and  judge ;  be- 
cause ye  have  made  our  savour  to  be 
abhorred  in  the  eyes  of  Pharaoh,  and 
in  the  eyes  of  his  servants,  to  put  a 
sword  in  their  hand  to  slay  us. 

22  And   Moses   returned   unto   the 
LORD,  and  said,  Lord,  wherefore  hast 
thou    so    evil    treated    this    people  ? 
why  is  it  that  thou  hast  sent  me  ? 

23  For  since  I  came  to  Pharaoh  to 
speak  in  thy  name,  he  hath  done  evil 
to  this  people  :  neither  hast  thou  de- 
livered thy  people  at  all. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Now  shalt  thou  see  what  I  will  do 
to  Pharaoh:  for  with  a  strong  hand 
shall  he  let  them  go,  and  with  a  strong 
hand  shall  he  drive  them  out  of  his 
land. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  Moses,  and 
said  unto  him,  I  am  the  LORD  : 

3  And  I  appeared  unto  Abraham,  un- 
to Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  by  the  name 
of  EL-SHADDAI  (God  Almighty) ;  but 
by  my  name  JEHOVAH*  (The  Eternal) 
was  I  not  known  to  them. 

4  And  I  have  also  established  nay 
covenant  with  them,  to  give  them  the 
land  of  Canaan,  the  land  of  their  pil- 
grimage, wherein  they  were  strangers. 

5  And  I  have  also  heard  the  groan- 
ing of  the  children  of  Israel,  whom  the 
Egyptians  keep  in  bondage;    and  I 
have  remembered  my  covenant. 

6  Wherefore  say  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  I  am  the  Eternal,  and  I  will 
bring  you  out  from  under  the  burdens 
of  the  Egyptians,  and  I  will  rid  you 
out  of  their  bondage,  and  I  will  redeem 
you  with  an  outstretched  arm,  and  with 
great  judgments : 

7  And  I  will  take  you  to  me  for  a 

*.HIVH  with  the  vowals  of  Adonai. 


CHAPTER  VII. 


EXODUS. 


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people,  and  I  will  be  to  you  a  God: 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  LORD 
your  God,  which  bringeth  you  out  from 
under  the  burdens  of  the  Egyptians. 

8  And  I  will  bring  you  in  unto  the 
land,  concerning  which  I  did   swear 
to  give  it  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and 
to  Jacob ;  and  I  will  give  it  you  for  a 
heritage :  I  am  the  Eternal. 

9  And  Moses  spoke  so  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel:    but  they  hearkened 
not  unto  Moses  for  anguish  of  spirit, 
and  fpr  cruel  bondage. 

10  And  when  the  LORD  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  Go  in,  speak  unto  Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt,  that  he  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go  out  of  his  land ; 

11  Moses  answered  the  LORD,  say- 
ing,  Behold,   the  children  of   Israel 
have  not  hearkened  unto  me;    how 
then  shall  Pharaoh  hear  me,  and  I  am 
slow  of  speech  and  of  a  slow  tongue  ? 

CHAPTER  VII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
See,  I  have  made  thee  a  god  to 
Pharaoh ;  and  Aaron  thy  brother  shall 
be  thy  prophet. 

2  Thou  shalt  speak  all  that  I  com- 
mand thee;  and    Aaron  thy  brother 
shall  speak  unto  Pharaoh,  that  he  send 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  his  land. 

3  But  Pharaoh  shall    not   hearken 
unto  you,  that  I  will  lay  my  hand  upon 
Egypt,  and  bring  forth  mine  armies, 
my  people  the  .children  of  Israel,  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  by  great  judg- 
ments. 

4  And    Pharaoh    will    harden    his 
heart,   and  I  will  multiply  my  signs 
and  my  wonders  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  And  the  Egyptians  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  LORD,  when  I  stretch  forth 
mine  hand  upon  Egypt,  and  bring  out 
the  children  of  Israel  from  among  them. 


6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  as  the 
LORD  commanded  them,  so  did  they. 

7  And  Moses  was  fourscore  years  old, 
and  Aaron  fourscore  and  three  years 
old,  when  they  spoke  unto  Pharaoh. 

8  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

9  When  Pharaoh  shall  speak  unto 
you,  saying,  Shew  a  miracle  for  you: 
then  thou  shalt  say  unto  Aaron,  Take 
thy  rod,  and  cast  it  before  Pharaoh, 
and  it  shall  become  a  serpent. 

10  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  in 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  they  did  so  as  the 
LORD  had  commanded:    and  Aaron 
cast  down  his  rod  before  Pharaoh,  and 
before  his  servants,  and  it  became  a 
serpent. 

1 L  Then  Pharaoh  also  called  the  wise 
men  and  the  sorcerers:  now  the  ma- 
gicians of  Egypt,  they  also  did  in  like 
manner  with  their  enchantments. 

12  For  they  cast  down  every  man  his 
rod,  and  they  became  serpents:    but 
Aaron's  rod  swallowed  up  their  rods. 

13  And  Pharaoh's  heart  was  hard- 
ened, that  he  hearkened  not  unto  them; 
as  the  LORD  had  said, 

14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Pharaoh's  heart  is  hardened,  he  re- 
fuseth  to  let  the  people  go. 

15  Get  thee   unto  Pharaoh  in  the 
morning;    lo,  he  goeth  out  unto  the 
water;   and  thou  shalt  stand  by  the 
river's  brink  as  he  cometh ;    and  the 
rod  which  was  turned  to  a  serpent 
shalt  thou  take  in  thine  hand. 

16  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  him, 
The  LORD  God  of  the  Hebrews  hath 
sent  me  unto  thee,   saying,   Let  iny 
people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me  in 
the  wilderness :  and,  behold,  hitherto 
thou  wouldest  not  hear. 

17  Thus  saith  the  LORD,    In  this 
thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  LORD; 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


behold,  I  will  smite  with  the  rod  that 
is  in  mine  hand  upon  the  waters  which 
are  in  the  river,  and  they  shall  be 
turned  to  blood. 

18  And  the  fish  that  is  in  the  river 
shall  die,  and  the  Egyptians  shall  loathe 
to  drink  of  the  water  of  the  river. 

19  And  the  LOKD  spake  unto  Moses, 
Say  unto  Aaron,  Take  thy  rod,  and 
stretch  out  thine  hand  upon  the  waters 
of  Egypt,   upon  their  streams,  upon 
their  rivers,  and  upon  their  ponds,  and 
upon  all  their  pools  of  water,  that  they 
may  become  blood;    and  that  there 
may  be  blood  throughout  all  the  land 
of  Egypt,  both  in  vessels  of  wood,  and 
in  vessels  of  stone. 

20  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  so,  as 
the  LORD  commanded ;  and  he  lifted 
up  the  rod,  and  smote  the  waters  that 
were  in  the  river,  in  the  sight  of  Pha- 
raoh, and  in  the  sight  of  his  servants ; 
and  all  the  waters  that  were  in  the 
river  were  turned  to  blood. 

21  And  the  fish  that  was  in  the  river 
died;    and  the  river  stank,    and  the 
Egyptians  could  not  drink  of  the  water 
of  the  river;    and  there   was   blood 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

22  And  the  magicians  of  Egypt  did 
so  with  their  enchantments :  and  Pha- 
raoh's heart  was  hardened,  neither  did 
he  hearken  unto  them ;  as  the  LORD 
had  said. 

23  And  Pharaoh  turned  and  went 
into  his  house,  neither  did  he  set  his 
heart  to  this  also. 

24  And   all   the   Egyptians  digged 
round  about  the  river  for  water  to 
drink ;  for  they  could  not  drink  of  the 
water  of  the  river. 

25  And  seven  days  were  fulfilled, 
after  that  the  LORD  had  smitten  the 
river. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
Gro  unto  Pharaoh,   and  say  unto 
him,  Thus  saith  the  LORD,  Let  my 
people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

2  And  if  thou  refuse  to  let  them  go, 
behold,  I  will  smite  all  thy  borders 
with  frogs : 

3  And  the  river  shall  bring  forth 
frogs  abundantly,  which  shall  go  up 
and  come  into  thine  house,  and  into 
thy  bedchamber,  and  upon  thy  bed, 
and  into  the  house  of  thy  servants, 
and  upon  thy  people,  and  into  thine 
ovens,  and  into  thy  kneadingtroughs : 

4  And  the  frogs  shall  come  up  both 
on  thee,    and  upon  thy  people,   and 
upon  all  thy  servants. 

5  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
Say  unto  Aaron,  Stretch  forth  thine 
hand  with  thy  rod  over  the  streams, 
over  the  rivers,  and  over  the  ponds, 
and  cause  frogs  to  come  up  upon  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

6  And  Aaron  stretched  out  his  hand 
over  the  waters  of  Egypt;    and  the 
frogs  came  up,  and  covered  the  Jand 
of  Egypt. 

7  And  the  magicians  did  so   with 
their  enchantments,   and  brought  up 
frogs  upon  the  land  of  Egypt. 

8  Then  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses 
and   Aaron,    and   said,    Entreat  the 
LORD,  that  he  may  take  away  the  frogs 
from  me,   and  from  my  people ;    and 
I  will  let  the  people  go,  that  they  may 
do  sacrifice  unto  the  LORD. 

9  And   Moses   said  unto  Pharaoh, 
Glory  over  me :  when  shall  I  entreat 
for  thee,   and  for  thy  servants,  and 
for  thy  people,  to  destroy  the  frogs 
from  thee  and  thy  houses,  that  they 
may  remain  in  the  river  only  ? 

10  And  he  said,  To  morrow.     And 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


EXODUS. 


67 


he  said,  Be  it  according  to  thy  word ; 
that  thou  mayest  know  that  there  is 
none  like  unto  the  LORD  our  God. 

11  And  the  frogs  shall  depart  from 
thee,  and  from  thy  houses,   and  from 
thy  servants,    and  from  thy  people; 
they  shall  remain  in  the  river  only. 

12  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  out 
from  Pharaoh :  and  Moses  cried  unto 
the  LORD  because  of  the  frogs  which 
he  had  brought  against  Pharaoh. 

13  And  the  LORD  did  according  to 
the  word  of  Moses ;  and  the  frogs  died 
out  of  the  houses,  out  of  the  villages, 
and  out  of  the  fields. 

14  And  they  gathered  them  together 
upon  heaps ;  and  the  land  stank. 

15  But  when  Pharaoh  saw  that  there 
was  respite,  he  hardened  his  heart, 
and  hearkened  not  unto  them ;  as  the 
LORD  had  said. 

16  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Say  unto  Aaron,  Stretch  out  thy  rod, 
and  smite  the  dust  of  the  land,  that 
it  may  become  vermin  throughout  all 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

17  And   they   did   so;    for    Aaron 
stretched  out  his  hand  with  his  rod, 
and  smote  the  dust  of  the  earth,  and 
it  became  vermin  in  man,  and  in  beast; 
all  the  dust  of  the  land  became  vermin 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

18  And  the  magicians  did  so  with 
their  enchantments  to  bring  forth  ver- 
min, but  they  could  not. 

19  Then   the   magicians   said  untp 
Pharaoh,  This  is  the  finger  of  God: 
and   Pharaoh's  heart  was  hardened, 
and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them ;   as 
the  LORD  had  said. 

20  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Rise  up  early  in  the  morning,   and 
stand  before  Pharaoh ;  lo,  he  cometh 
forth  to  the  water ;  and  say  unto  him, 


Thus  saith  the  LORD,  Let  my  people 
go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

21  Else,  if  thou  wilt  not  let  my  people 
go,  behold,  I  will  send  swarms  of  flies 
upon  thee,  and  upon  thy  servants,  and 
upon  thy  people,  and  into  thy  houses : 
and  the  houses  of  the  Egyptians  shall 
be  full  of  swarms  of  flies,  and  also  the 
ground  whereon  they  are. 

22  And  I  will  sever  in  that  day  the 
land  of  Goshen,  in  which  my  people 
dwell,  that  no  swarms  of  flies  shall  be 
there ;  to  the  end  thou  mayest  know 
that  I  am  the  LORD  in  the  midst  of 
the  earth. 

23  And  I  will  put  a  division  between 
my  people  and  thy  people :  to  morrow 
shall  this  sign  be. 

24  And  the  LORD  did  so ;  and  there 
came  a  grievous  swarm  of  flies  into 
the  house  of  Pharaoh,  and  into  his 
servants'  houses,  and  into  all  the  land 
of  Egypt :  the  land  was  corrupted  by 
reason  of  the  swarm  of  flies. 

25  And   Pharaoh   called  for  Moses 
and  for  Aaron,  and  said,  Go  ye,  sac- 
rifice to  your  God  in  the  land. 

26  And  Moses  said,  It  is  not  meet 
so  to  do;    for  we  shall  sacrifice  the 
gods  of  the  Egyptians  to  the  LORD 
our  God:    lo,   shall  we  sacrifice  the 
gods   of  the  Egyptians  before  their 
eyes,  and  will  they  not  stone  us? 

27  We  will  go  three  days'  journey 
into  the  wilderness,  and  sacrifice   to 
the  LORD  our  God,  as  he  shall  com- 
mand us. 

28  And  Pharaoh  said,  I  will  let  you 
go,  that  ye  may  sacrifice  to  the  LORD 
your  God  in  the  wilderness ;    only  ye 
shall  not  go  very  far  away :    entreat 
for  me. 

,29  And  Moses  said,  Behold,  I  go 
out  from  thee,  and  I  will  entreat  the 
LORD  that  the  swarms  of  flies  may 


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EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  IX. 


depart  from  Pharaoh,   from  his  ser- 
vants, and  from  his  people,  to  morrow : 
but  let  not  Pharaoh  deal  deceitfully ! 
any  more  in  not  letting  the  people  go  j 
to  sacrifice  to  the  LORD. 

30  And  Moses  went  out  from  Pha-  j 
raoh,  and  entreated  the  LORD 

31  And  the  LORD  did  according  to  j 
the  word  of  Moses ;    and  he  removed  j 
the  swarms  of  flies  from  his  people ;  ! 
there  remained  not  one. 

32  And  Pharaoh  hardened  his  heart  | 
at  this  time  also,  neither  would  he  let  | 
the  people  go. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

THEN  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Go  in  unto  Pharaoh,  and  tell  him, 
Thus  saith  the  LORD  God  of  the  He- 
brews, Let  my  people  go,  that  they 
may  serve  me. 

2  For  if  thou  refuse  to  let  them  go, 
and  wilt  hold  them  still, 

3  Behold,  the  hand  of  the  LORD  is 
upon  thy  cattle  which  is  in  the  field, 
upon  the  horses,  upon  the  asses,  upon 
the  camels,  upon  the  oxen,  and  upon 
the  sheep :  there  shall  be  a  very  griev- 
ous murrain. 

4  And  the  LORD  shall  sever  between 
the  cattle  of  Israel  and  the  cattle  of 
Egypt ;  and  there  shall  nothing  die  of 
all  that  is  the  children's  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  LORD  appointed  a  set 
time,   saying,   To  morrow  the  LORD 
shall  do  this  thing  in  the  land. 

6  And  the  LORD  did  that  thing  on 
the  morrow,  and  all  the  cattle  of  Egypt 
died :  but  of  the  cattle  of  the  children 
of  Israel  died  not  one. 

7  And  Pharaoh  sent,  and,  behold, 
there  was  not  one  of  the  cattle  of  the 
Israelites  dead.     And  yet  the  heart  of 
Pharaoh  was  hardened,    and  he  did 
not  let  the  people  go. 


8  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  Take  to  you  handf  uls 
of  ashes  of  the  furnace,  and  let  Moses 
sprinkle  it  toward  the  heaven  in  sight 
of  Pharaoh. 

9  And  it  shall  become  small  dust  in 
all  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  shall  be  a 
boil  breaking  forth  with  blains  upon 
ninn,  and  upon  beast,  throughout  all 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  they  took  ashes  of  the  fur- 
nace, and  stood  before  Pharaoh ;  and 
Moses  sprinkled  it  up  toward  heaven  ; 
and  it  became  a  boil  breaking  forth  with 
blains  upon  man,  and  upon  beast. 

11  And   the    magician?    could    not 
stand  before   Moses  because    of   the 
boils ;  for  the  boil  was  upon  the  ma- 
gicians, and  upon  all  the  Egyptians. 

12  And  Pharaoh  hardened  his  heart, 
and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them ;    as 
the  LORD  had  spoken  unto  Moses. 

13  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Rise  up  early  in  the  morning,  and  stand 
before  Pharaoh,   and  say  unto  him, 
Thus  saith  the  LORD  God  of  the  He- 
brews, Let  my  people  go,  that  they 
may  serve  me. 

14  For  I  will  at  this  time  send  all 
my  plagues  upon  thine  heart,  and  upon 
thy  servants,   and  upon  thy  people ; 
that  thou  mayest  know  that  there  is 
none  like  me  in  all  the  earth. 

15  For  now  I  will  stretch  out  my 
hand,  that  I  may  smite  thee  and  thy 
people  with  pestilence  ;  and  thou  shalt 
be  cut  off  from  the  earth. 

16  As    yet    exaltest    thou    thyself 
against  my  people,  that  thou  wilt  not 
let  them  go  ? 

17  Behold,    to   morrow   about   this 
time  I  will  cause  it  to  rain  a  very  griev- 
ous hail,  such  as  hath   not  been   in 
Egypt   since   the  foundation  thereof 
even  until  now. 


CHAPTER  X. 


EXODUS. 


18  Send  therefore  now,   and  gather 
thy  cattle,  and  all  that  thou  hast  in 
the  field;    for  upon  every  man   and 
beast  which  shall  be  found  in  the  field, 
and  shall  not  be  brought  home,  the 
hail  shall  come  down  upon  them,   and 
they  shall  die. 

19  He  that  feared  the  word  of  the 
LORD  among  the  servants  of  Pharaoh 
made  his  servants  and  his  cattle  flee 
into  the  houses : 

20  And  he  that  regarded  not  the 
word  of  the  LORD  left  his  servants  and 
his  cattle  in  the  field. 

21  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch    forth    thine     hand    toward 
heaven,  that  there  may  be  hail  in  all 
the  land  of  Egypt,  upon  man,   and 
upon  beast,  and  upon  every  herb  of  the 
field,  throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

22  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his 
rod  toward  heaven:    and  the  LORD 
sent  thunder  and  hail,  and  the  fire 
ran  along  upon  the  ground ;   and  the 
LORD  rained  hail  upon  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

23  So  there  was  hail,  and  fire  mingled 
with  the  hail,  very  grievous,  such  as 
there  was  none  like  it  in  all  the  land 
of  Egypt  since  it  became  a  nation. 

24  And  the  hail  smote  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Egypt  all  that  was  in 
the  field,   both  man  and  beast;    and 
the  hail  smote  every  herb  of  the  field, 
and  broke  every  tree  of  the  field. 

25  Only  in  the  land  of  Goshen,  where 
the  children  of  Israel  were,  was  there 
no  hail. 

26  And    Pharaoh   sent,    and   called 
for  Moses  and  Aaron,   and  said  unto 
them,  I  have  sinned  this  time:    the 
LORD   is   righteous,    and  I   and  my 
people  are  wicked. 

27  Entreat    the    LORD,    for    it    is 
enough,  that  there  be  no  more  mighty 


thunderings  and  hail ;   and  I  will   let 
you  go,  and  ye  shall  stay  no  longer. 

28  And  Moses  said  unto  him,  As 
soon  as  I  am  gone  out  of  the  city,  T 
will  spread  abroad  my  hands  unto  the 
LORD  ;  and  the  thunder  shall  cease, 
neither  shall  there  be  any  more  hail ; 
that  thou  mayest  know  that  the  earth 
is  the  LORD'S. 

29  But  as  for  thee  and  thy  servants, 
I  know  that  ye  will  not  yet  fear  the 
LORD  God. 

30  And  the  flax  and  the  barley  was 
smitten:    for  the  barley  was  in   the 
ear,  and  the  flax  was  boiled. 

31  But  the  wheat  and  the  rye  were  not 
smitten  ;  for  they  were  not  grown  up. 

32  And  Moses  went  out  of  the  city 
from  Pharaoh,  and  spread  abroad  his 
hands  unto  the  LORD  :   and  the  thun- 
ders and  hail  ceased,   and  the   rain 
ceased  to  pour  down  upon  the  earth. 

33  And  when  Pharaoh  saw  that  the 
rain  and  the  hail  and  the  thunders 
were  ceased,  he  sinned  yet  more,  and 
hardened  his  heart,  he  and  his  servants. 

34  And  the  heart  of  Pharaoh  was 
hardened,   neither  would  he  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go;    as  the  LORD 
had  spoken  by  Moses. 

CHAPTER  X. 

A  ND  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Go  in  unto  Pharaoh :   his  heart  is 
hardened,    and  the  heart  of  his  ser- 
vants, that  I  might  show  these  my 
signs  before  him  : 

2  And  that  thou  mayest  tell  in  the 
ears  of  thy  son,  and  of  thy  son's  son, 
what  things  I  have  wrought  in  Egypt, 
and  my  signs  which  I  have  done  among 
them ;  that  ye  may  know  that  I  am 
the  LORD. 

3  And  Moses  and  Aaron  came   in 
unto   Pharaoh,    and    said   unto  him, 


70 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  X. 


Thus  saith  the  LORD  God  of  the  He- 
brews, How  long  wilt  thou  refuse  to 
humble  thyself  before  me  ?  let  my 
people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

4  Else,   if   thou   refuse    to   let   my 
people  go,   behold,  to  morrow  will  I 
bring  the  locusts  into  thy  coast : 

5  And  they  shall  cover  the  face  of 
the  earth,  that  one  cannot  be  able  to 
see  the  earth  :   and  they  shall  eat  the 
residue    of    that   which    is   escaped, 
which  remaineth  unto  you  from  the 
hail,  and  shall  eat  every  tree. which 
groweth  for  you  out  of  the  field  : 

6  And  they  shall  fill  thy  houses,  and 
the  houses  of  all  thy  servants,  and  the 
houses   of  all  the  Egyptians;    which 
neither  thy  fathers,  nor  thy  fathers' 
fathers  have  seen,  since  the  day  that 
they  were   upon  the  earth  unto  this 
day.      And  he  turned  himself,   and 
went  out  from  Pharaoh. 

7  And  Pharaoh's  servants  said  unto 
him,  How  long  shall  this  man  be  a 
snare  unto  us  ?   let  the  men  go,  that 
they  may  serve  the  LORD  their  God : 
knowest  thou  not  yet  that  Egypt  is 
destroyed  ? 

8  And  Moses  and  Aaron  were  brought 
again  unto  Pharaoh :   and  he  said  unto 
them,  Go,  serve  the  LORD  your  God : 
but  who  are  they  that  shall  go  ? 

9  And  Moses  said,  We  will  go  with 
our  young  and  with  our  old,  with  our 
sons  and  with  our  daughters,  with  our 
flocks  and  with  our  herds  will  we  go ; 
for  we  must  hold  a  feast  unto  the  LORD. 

10  And  he  said  unto  them,  Let  the 
LORD  be  so  with  you,  as  I  will  let  you 
go,  and  your  little  ones :    look  to  it ; 
for  evil  is  before  you. 

11  Not  so :  go  now  ye,  the  men,  and 
serve  the  LORD  ;  for  that  ye  did  de- 
sire.    And  they  were  driven  out  from 
Pharaoh's  presence. 


12  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the  land 

j  of  Egypt  for  the  locusts,   that  they 
I  may  come  up  upon  the  land  of  Egypt, 
|  and  eat  every  herb  of  the  land,  even 
all  that  the  hail  hath  left. 

13  And  Moses   stretched  forth  his 
rod  over  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  the 
LORD  brought  an  east  wind  upon  the 
land  all  that  day,  and  all  that  night ; 
and  when  it  was  morning,   the   east 
wind  brought  the  locusts. 

14  And  the  locusts  went  up  over  all 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  rested  in  all 
the  coasts  of  Egypt:    very  grievous 
were  they ;  before  them  there  were  no 
such  locusts  as  they,  neither  after  them 
shall  be  such. 

15  For  they  covered  the  face  of  the 
whole   land,    so   that  the    land    was 
darkened ;  and  they  did  eat  every  herb 
of  the  land,  and  all  the  fruit  of  the 
trees  which  the  hail  had  left :    and 
there  remained  not  any  green  thing  in 
the  trees,  or  in  the  herbs  of  the  field, 
through  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  Then  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses 
and  Aaron  in  haste ;  and  he  said,  I 
have  sinned  against  the  LORD  your 
God,  and  against  you. 

17  Now   therefore    forgive,   I  pray 
thee,  my  sin  only  this  once,   and  en- 
treat the  LORD  your  God,  that  he  may 
but  take  away  from  me  this  death. 

18  And  he  went  out  from  Pharaoh, 
and  entreated  the  LORD. 

19  And  the  LORD  turned  a  mighty 
strong  west  wind,   which   took  away 
the  locusts,  and  cast  them   into  the 
Red    sea ;    there    remained    not   one 
locust  in  all  the  coasts  of  Egypt. 

20  But  still  Pharaoh  hardened  his 
heart,   so  that  he  would  not  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go. 


CHAPTER  XI-XII. 


EXODUS. 


71 


CHAPTER  XL 

A  ND  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 

Stretch   out    thine    hand  toward 

heaven,  that  there  may  be  darkness 

over  the  land  of  Egypt,  even  darkness 

which  may  be  felt. 

2  And   Moses    stretched   forth   his 
hand  toward  heaven  ;  and  there  was 
a  thick  darkness  in  all  the   land  of 
Egypt  three  days : 

3  They  saw  not  one  another,  neither 
rose  any  from  his  place  for  three  days : 
but  all  the  children  of  Israel  had  light 
in  their  dwellings. 

4  And  Pharaoh  called  unto  Moses, 
and  said,  Go  ye,   serve  the  LORD  ; 
only  let  your  flocks  and  your  herds  be 
stayed :     let  your  little  ones  also  go 
with  you. 

5  And  Moses  said,  Thou  must  give 
us  also  sacrifices  and  burnt  offerings, 
that  we  may  sacrifice  unto  the  LORD 
our  God. 

6  Our  cattle  also  shall  go  with  us  ; 
there  shall  not  a  hoof  be  left  behind  ; 
for  thereof  must  we  take  to  serve  the 
LORD  our  God ;    and  we  know  not 
with  what  we  must  serve  the  LORD, 
until  we  come  thither. 

7  But  Pharaoh  said  unto,  him,  Get 
thee  from  me,  take  heed  to  thyself, 
see  my  face  no  more  ;  for  in  that  day 
thou  seest  my  face  thou  shalt  die. 

8  And  Moses  said,    It  shall  be  as 
thou  hast  spoken,  I  will  see  thy  face 
again  no  more. 

9  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Yet   one    plague   more    will   I  bring 
upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon  Egypt ;  after- 
wards he  will  let  you  go  hence :  when 
he  shall  let  you  go,  he  shall  surely 
thrust  you  out  hence  altogether. 

10  And  Moses  said,  Thus  saith  the 


LORD,  About  midnight  will  I  go  out 
into  the  midst  of  Egypt : 

11  And  all  the  firstborn  in  the  land 
of  Egypt  shall  die,  from  the  firstborn 
of  Pharaoh  that  sitteth  upon  his  throne, 
even  unto  the  firstborn  of  the  maid- 
servant that  is  behind  the  mill ;    and 
all  the  firstborn  of  beasts. 

12  And  there  shall  be  a  great  cry 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  such 
as  there  was  none  like  it,  nor  shall  be 
like  it  any  more. 

13  But  against  any  of  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  not  a  dog  move  his  tongue, 
against  man  or  beast :    that  ye  may 
know   that   the   LORD   doth    put    a 
difference  between  the  Egyptians  and 
Israel. 

14  And  all  these  thy  servants  shall 
come  down  unto  me,  and  bow  down 
themselves  unto  me,  saying,  Get  thee 
out,  and  all  the  people  that  follow 
thee  :    and  after  that  I  will  go  out. 
And  he  went  out  from  Pharaoh  in  a 
great  anger. 


CHAPTER  XII. 


A] 


ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
saying, 

2  This  month  shall  be  unto  you  the 
beginning  of  months  :   it  shall  be  the 
first  month  of  the  year  to  you. 

3  Speak  ye  unto  all  the  congregation 
of  Israel,  saying,  In  the  tenth  day  of 
this  month  they  shall  take  to  them 
every  man  a  lamb,  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  a  lamb  for  a 
house : 

4  And  if  the  household  be  too  little 
for  the  lamb,  let  him  and  his  neighbour 
next  unto  his  house  take  it  according 
to  the  number  of  the   souls ;    every 
man  according  to  his  eating  shall  make 
your  count  for  the  lamb. 


72 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XII. 


5  And  ye  shall  keep  it  up  until  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the  same  month: 
and  the  whole  assembly  of  the  con- 
gregation of  Israel  shall  kill  it  in  the 
evening. 

6  And  ye  shall  eat  the  flesh  in  that 
night,  roast  with  fire,  and  unleavened 
bread  ;    and  with  bitter  herbs   they 
shall  eat  it. 

7  Eat  not  of  it  raw,  nor  sodden  at 
all  with  water,   but  roast  with  fire; 
his  head  with  his  legs,  and  with  the 
purtenance  thereof. 

8  And  ye  shall  let  nothing  of  it  re- 
main  until    the   morning;    and   that 
which  remaineth  of  it  until  morning 
ye  shall  burn  with  fire. 

9  And  thus  shall  ye   eat  it;    with 
your  loins  girded,  your  shoes  on  your 
feet,  and  your  staff  in  your  hand ;  and 
ye  shall  eat  it  in   haste:    it  is  the 
Passover  unto  the  LORD. 

10  For  I  will  pass  through  the  land 
of  Egypt  this  night,  and  will  smite  all 
the  firstborn  in  the  land   of  Egypt, 
both  man  and  beast ;   and  against  all 
the  gods  of  Egypt  I  will  execute  judg- 
ment: I  am  the  LORD. 

11  I  will  pass  over  you,   and  the 
plague  shall  not  be  upon  you  to  destroy 
you,  when  I  smite  the  land  of  Egypt. 

12  And  this  day  shall  be  unto  you 
for  a  memorial ;   and  yc  shall  keep  it 
a  feast  to  the  LORD  throughout  your 
generations:  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast 
by  an  ordinance  for  ever. 

13  Seven  days  shall  ye  eat  unleav- 
ened bread ;  even  the  first  day  ye  shall 
put  away  leaven  out  of  your  houses ; 

14  And  in  the  first  day  there  shall 
be  a   holy   convocation,    and    in   the 
seventh  day  there  shall  be  a  holy  con- 
vocation to  you ;   no  manner  of  work 
shall  be  done  in  them,  save  that  which 


every  man  must  eat  —  that  only  may 
be  done  of  you. 

15  And  ye  shall  observe  the  feast  of 
unleavened  bread ;  for  in  this  selfsame 
day  have  I  brought  your  armies  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt :  therefore  shall 
ye  observe  this  day  in  your  generations 
by  an  ordinance  for  ever. 

16  In  the  first  month,  on  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  month  at  even,  ye 
shall  eat  unleavened  bread,  until  the 
one  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month 
at  even. 

17  Then   Moses  called  for  all  the 
elders  of  Israel,  and  said  unto  them, 
Draw  out  and  take  you  a  lamb  accord- 
ing to  your  families,  and  kill  the  pass- 
over. 

18  For  the  LORD  will  pass  through 
to  smite  the  Egyptians ;  and  the  LORD 
will  pass  over  your  doors,  and  will  not 
suffer  the  destroyer  to  come  in  unto 
your  houses  to  smite  you. 

19  And  ye  shall  observe  this  thing 
for  an  ordinance  to  thee  and  to  thy 
sons  for  ever. 

20  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
ye  be  come  to  the  land  which  the  LORD 
will  give  you,  according  as  he  hath 
promised,  that  ye  shall  keep  this  ser- 
vice. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
j  your  children  shall  Say  unto  you,  What 
|  mean  ye  by  this  service  ? 

22  That  ye  shall  say,  It  is  the  sac- 
rifice of  the  LORD'S  passover,   who 
passed  over  the  houses  of  the  children 
of  Israel  in  Egypt,  when  he  smote  the 
Egyptians,  and  delivered  our  houses. 
And  the  people  bowed  the  head  and 
worshipped. 

23  And  the  children  of  Israel  went 
away,  and  did  as  the  LORD  had  com- 
manded Moses  and  Aaron,  so  did  they. 


CHAPTER  xm. 


EXODUS. 


73 


24  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  mid- 
night the  LORD  smote  all  the  firstborn 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  first- 
horn  of  Pharaoh  that  sat  on  his  throne 
unto  the  firstborn  of  the  captive  that 
was  in  the  dungeon  ;  and  all  the  first- 
born of  cattle. 

25  And  Pharaoh  rose  up  in  the  night, 
he,  and  all  his  servants,  and  all  the 
Egyptians ;  and  there  was  a  great  cry 
in  Egypt :  for  there  was  not  a  house 
where  there  was  not  one  dead. 

26  And   he   called    for  Moses  and 
Aaron  by  night,  and  said,  Rise  up, 
and   get  you  forth  from  among  my 
people,   both  ye  and  the  children  of 
Israel ;  and  go,  serve  the  LORD  as  ye 
have  said. 

27  Also  take  your  flocks  and  your 
herds,  as  ye  have  said,  and  be  gone ; 
and  bless  me  also. 

28  And  the  Egyptians  were  urgent 
upon  the  people,  that  they  might  send 
them  out  of  the  land  in  haste ;    for 
they  said,  We  be  all  dead  men. 

29  And  the  people  took  their  dough 
before  it  was  leavened,  out  of  their 
kneadingtroughs,  and  bound  it  up  in 
their  clothes  upon  their  shoulders. 

30  And  the  children  of  Israel  jour- 
neyed from  Rameses  to  Succoth,  about 
six  hundred  thousand   men  on  foot, 
beside  children. 

31  And  a  mixed  multitude  went  up 
also  with  them ;  and  flocks,  and  herds, 
even  very  much  cattle. 

32  And  they  baked  unleavened  cakes 
of  the  dough  which  they  brought  forth 
out  of  Egypt,  for  it  was  not  leavened; 
because  they  were  thrust  out  of  Egypt, 
and  could  not  tarry,  neither  had  they 
prepared  for  themselves  any  victuals. 

33  Now  the  sojourning  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  who  dwelt  in  Egypt, 
was  four  hundred  and  thirty  years. 


34  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  the  four  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
even  the  selfsame  day  it  came  to  pass, 
that  all  the  hosts  of  the  LORD  went 
out  from  the  land  of  Egypt. 

35  It  is  a  night  to  be  much  observed 
unto  the  LORD  for  bringing  them  out 
from  the  land  of  Egypt:   this  is  that 
night  of  the  LORD  to  be  observed  of 
all   the   children   of   Israel   in   their 
generations. 

36  And  it  came  to  pass  the  selfsame 
day,  that  the  LORD  did   bring   the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt  by  their  armies. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

A  ND  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Remember  this  day,  in  which  ye 
came  out  from  Egypt,  out  of  the  house 
of  bondage ;  for  by  great  might 
the  LORD  brought  you  out  from  this 
place:  there  shall  no  leavened  bread 
be  eaten. 

2  This  day  came  ye  out  in  the  month 
Abib. 

3  And  it  shall  be  when  the  LORD 
shall  bring  thee  into  the  land  of  the 
Canaanites,  and  the  Hittites,  and  the 
Amorites,   and  the  Hivites,  and  the 
Jebusites,  which  he  sware  unto  thy 
fathers  to  give  thee,  a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey,  that  thou  shalt 
keep  this  service  in  this  month. 

4  Seven  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleav- 
ened bread,  and  in  the  seventh  day 
shall  be  a  feast  to  the  LORD. 

5  Unleavened  bread  shall  be  eaten 
seven  days  ;  and  there  shall  no  leav- 
ened bread  be  seen  with  thee,  neither 
shall  there  be  leaven  seen  with  thee 
in  all  thy  quarters. 

6  And  thou  shalt  tell    thy    son    in 
that  day,  saying,  This  is  done  because 


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CHAPTER  XIV. 


of  that  which  the  LORD  did  unto  me 
when  I  came  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

7  And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  unto 
thee  upon  thine  hand,  and  for  a  me- 
morial between  thine  eyes,  that  the 
LORD'S  law  may  be  in  thy  mouth :  for 
with   great   might   hath    the    LORD 
brought  thee  out  of  Egypt. 

8  Thou   shalt   therefore    keep    this 
ordinance  in  his  season  from  year  to 
year. 


9  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Pha- 
raoh had  let  the  people  go,  that  Clod 
led  them  not  through  the  way  of  the 
land  of  the  Philistines,  although  that 
was  near  ;  for  God  said,  Lest  perad- 
venture  the  people  repent  when  they 
see  war,  and  they  return  to  Egypt : 

10  But  Grod  led  the  people  about, 
through  the  way  of  the  wilderness  of 
the  Red  sea :  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael went  up  armed  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

11  And  Moses  took  the  bones  of  Jo- 
seph with  him :    for  he  had  solemnly 
sworn  the  children  of  Israel,   saying, 
Grod  will  surely  visit  you ;  and  ye  shall 
carry  up  my  bones  hence  with  you. 

12  And  they  took  their  journey  from 
Succoth,  and  encamped  in  Etham,  in  j 
the  edge  of  the  wilderness. 

13  And  the  LORD  went  before  them 
by  day  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud,  to  lead 
them  the  way  ;    and   by  night  in  a 
pillar  of  fire,  to  give  them  light ;  to  go 
by  day  and  night. 

14  The  pillar  of  the  cloud  did  not 
depart  by  day,  nor  the  pillar  of  fire 
by  night,  from  before  the  people. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 

saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  I 


that  they  turn  and  encamp  before  Pi- 
hahiroth,  between  Migdol  and  the  sea, 
over  against  Baal-zephon:  before  it 
shall  ye  encamp  by  the  sea. 

3  For  Pharaoh  will  say  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  They  are  entangled  in 
the   land,   the  wilderness  hath  shut 
them  in. 

4  And   Pharaoh  shall  follow  after 
them;  and  I  will  be  honoured  upon 
Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his  host;  that 
the  Egyptians  may  know  that  I  am 
the  LORD.     And  they  did  so. 

5  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  Egypt 
I  that  the  people  fled :  and  the  heart  of 
I  Pharaoh  and  of  his  servants  was  turned 
!  against   the   people,    and   they  said, 

I  Why  have  we  done  this,  that  we  have 
let  Israel  go  from  serving  us  ? 

6  And  he  made  ready  his  chariot, 
and  took  his  people  with  him ; 

7  And  he  took  six  hundred  chosen 
chariots,  and  all  the  chariots  of  Egypt, 
and  captains  over  every  one  of  them. 

8  And  he  pursued  after  the  children 
of  Israel :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
went  out  with  a  high  hand. 

9  But  the  Egyptians  pursued  after 
them,  all  the  horses  and  chariots  of 
Pharaoh,  and  his  horsemen,  and  his 
army,  and  overtook  them  encamping 
by  the  sea,  beside  Pi-hahiroth,  before 
Baal-zephon. 

10  And  Pharaoh  drew  nigh ;    and 
the  children  of  Israel  lifted  up  their 
eyes,    and,     behold,    the    Egyptians 
marched  after  them ;    and  they  were 
sore  afraid :   and  the  children  of  Israel 
cried  out  unto  the  LORD. 

11  And  they  said  unto  Moses,    Is 
it  because  there  were  no  graves  in 
Egypt,  that  thou  hast  taken  us  away 
to  die  in  the  wilderness  ?   wherefore 
hast  thou  dealt  thus  with  us,  to  carry 
us  forth  out  of  Egypt  ? 


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EXODUS. 


75 


12  Is  not  this  the  word  that  we  did 
tell    thee   in   Egypt,   saying,   Let  us 
alone,  that  we  may  serve  the  Egyp- 
tians ?     For  it  had  been  better  for  us 
to  serve  the  Egyptians,  than  that  we 
should  die  in  the  wilderness. 

13  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Fear  ye  not,  stand  still,  and  see  the 
salvation  of  the  LORD,  which  he  will 
shew  to  you,  to  day :  for  the  Egyp- 
tians whom  ye  have  seen  to  day,  ye 
shall  see  them  again  no  more  for  ever. 

14  The  LORD  shall  fight   for  you, 
and  ye  shall  hold  your  peace. 

15  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Wherefore  criest  thou  unto  me  ?  speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they 
go  forward : 

16  But  lift  thou  up  thy  rod,   and 
stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the  sea, 
and  divide  it  :    and  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  go  on  dry  ground  through 
the  midst  of  the  sea. 

17  And,  behold,  the  hearts  of  the 
Egyptians  will  be  hardened,  and  they 
shall  follow  them  :   and  I  will  be  hon- 
oured upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his 
host,  upon  his  chariots,  and  upon  his 
horsemen. 

18  And   the  Egyptians  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  LORD,  when  I  have  been 
honoured   upon   Pharaoh,     upon   his 
chariots,  and  upon  his  horsemen. 

19  And  the  angel  of   God,   which 
went  before  the  camp  of  Israel,  re- 
moved and  went  behind  them ;  and  the 
pillar  of  the  cloud  went  from  before 
their  face,  and  stood  behind  them : 

20  And  it  came  between  the  camp 
of  the  Egyptians  and  the  camp  of  Is- 
rael ;   and  it  was  a  cloud  and  darkness 
to  them,  but  it  gave  light  by  night  to 
these :   so  that  the  one  came  not  near 
the  other  all  the  night, 

21  And   Moses  stretched  out  his 


hand  over  the  sea ;  and  the  LORD 
caused  the  sea  to  go  back  by  a  strong 
east  wind  all  that  night,  and  made 
the  sea  dry  land,  and  the  waters  were 
divided. 

22  And  the  children  of  Israel  went 
into  the  midst  of  the  sea  upon  the  dry 
ground :  and  the  waters  were  a  wall 
unto  them  on  their  right  hand,  and 
on  their  left. 

23  And  the  Egyptians  pursued,  and 
went  in  after  them  to  the  midst  of  the 
sea,   even   all  Pharaoh's  horses,    his 
chariots,  and  his  horsemen. 

24  An$  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the 
morning  watch  the  LORD  looked  unto 
the  host  of  the  Egyptians  through  the 
pillar  of  fire  and  of  the  cloud,   and 
troubled  the  host  of  the  Egyptians, 

25  And  took  off  their  chariot  wheels, 
that  they  drove  them  heavily :  so  that 
the  Egyptians  said,  Let  us  flee  from 
the  face  of  Israel ;  for  the  LORD  fight- 
eth  for  them  against  the  Egyptians. 

26  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the  sea, 
that  the  waters  may  come  again  upon 
the   Egyptians,    upon  their  chariots, 
and  upon  their  horsemen. 

27  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his 
hand  over  the  sea,  and  the  sea  returned 
to  his  strength  when  the  morning  ap- 
peared ;  and  the  Egyptians  fled  against 
it ;  and  the  LORD  overthrew  the  Egyp- 
tians in  the  midst  of  the  sea, 

28  And  the  waters  returned,    and 
covered  the  chariots,  and  the  horsemen, 
and  all  the  host  of  Pharaoh  that  came 
into  the  sea  after  them;  there  remained 
not  so  much  as  one  of  them. 

29  But  the  children  of  Israel  walked 
upon  dry  land  in  the  midst  of  the  sea ; 
and  the  waters  were  a  wall  unto  them 
on  their  right  hand,  and  on  their  left. 

30  Thus  the  LORD  saved  Israel  that 


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CHAPTER  XV. 


day  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Egyptians ; 
and  Iscael  saw  the  Egyptians  dead 
upon  the  sea  shore. 

31  And  Israel  saw  that  great  work 
which  the  LORD  did  upon  the  Egyp- 
tians :  and  they  feared  the  LORD, 
and  believed  in  the  LORD,  and  his 
servant  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

sang  Moses  and  the  children 

of  Israel  this  song  unto  the  LORD, 
and  spoke,  saying, 

I  sing  to  the  Eternal, 

for  he  is  grandly  triumphant: 

horse  and  rider 

he  has  dashed  into  the  sea. 

God  is  my  triumph,  my  song  ; 

he  has  become  my  deliverance. 

Here  is  my  God — him  I  glorify  ; 

my  father's  God — I  extol  him. 

The  Eternal  is  a  warrior, 

The  Eternal  is  his  name. 

Pharaoh's  chariots  and  host 

he  has  hurled  into  the  sea  ; 

his  choicest  knights 

have  sunk  into  the  Sea  of  Weeds  ; 
5  floods  cover  them, 

they  sank  into  the  deeps  as  a  stone. 

Thy  right  hand,  O  Eternal, 

shines  forth  with  strength  ; 

thy  right  hand,  0  Eternal, 

crushes  the  foe. 

In  the  height  of  thy  greatness 

thou  destroyest  thy  enemies  ; 

thou  sendest  thy  wrath, 

it  consumes  them  as  stubble. 

At  a  breath  from  thy  presence 

the  waters  rose  in  piles, 

waves  stood  like  dikes, 

the  depths  congealed 

in  the  heart  of  the  sea. 

The  foe  said, 

'I  will  pursue,  overtake, 

divide  the  booty — 

they  shall  satiate  my  desire  ; 

I  draw  iny  sword. 

my  hand  destroys  them/ 
10  Thou  madest  thy  wind  blow, 

and  the  sea  covered  them  ; 

they  sank  as  lead 

into  the  mighty  floods. 


Who  is  like  thee  among  the  mightj , 

O  Eternal  ? 
who    is    like    thee    resplendent    in 

holiness, 

glorified  in  hymns, 
a  worker  of  wonders? 
At  the  move  of  thy  right  hand, 
the  earth  swallowed  them. 
Thou  ledst  in  thy  mercy 
the  people  redeemed  by  thee  ; 
thou  guidedst  it  triumphantly 
to  thy  holy  abode. 
The  nations  heard,  and  trembled  ; 
a  quiver  seized  on  the  dwellers  in 

Philistia, 

15  Edom's  princes  were  amazed, 

of  Moab's  mighty  men  a  tremor  took 

hold, 
all  the  inhabitants  of  Canaan  were 

undone. 

Fear  and  dread  befell  them, 
at  the  grand  appearance  of  thy  arm 
they  were  still  as  a  stone — 
while   thy   people    marched   on,    0 

Eternal, 

the  people  thou  hadst  made  thy  own. 
Thou  carriedst  them,  and  plantedst 

them 

on  the  hill  of  thy  possession  ; 
on  the  spot  formed,  O  Eternal,  into 

a  seat  for  thee, 
the  sanctuary,  O  Lord,  established 

by  thy  hands. — 
God  will  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

19  For  the  horse  of  Pharaoh  went 
in  with  his  chariots  and  with  his  horse- 
men into  the  sea,  and  the  LORD  brought 

|  again  the  waters  of  the  sea  upon  them  ; 
'  but  the  children  of  Israel  went  on  dry 
land  in  the  midst  of  the  sea. 

20  And  Miriam  the  prophetess,  the 
sister  of  Aaron,  took  a  timbrel  in  her 
hand  ;   and  all  the  women  went  out 
after    her    with    timbrels   and   with 
dances. 

2  L  And  Miriam  answered  them : 

Sing  to  the  Eternal, 

for  he  is  grandly  triumphant : 

horse  and  rider 

he  has  dashed  into  the  sea. 

22  Then  Moses  made  Israel  move 


CHAPTER  XVI. 


EXODUS. 


77 


from  the  Red  sea,  and  they  went  out 
into  the  wilderness  of  Shur ;  and  they 
went  three  days  in  the  wilderness,  and 
found  no  water. 

23  And  when  they  came  to  Marah, 
they  could  not  drink  of  the  waters  of 
Marah,  for  they  were  bitter :  therefore 
the  name  of  it  was  called  Marah. 

24  And  the  people  murmured  against 
Moses,  saying,  What  shall  we  drink? 

25  And  he  cried  unto  the  LORD;  and 
the  LORD  shewed  him  a  tree,  which 
when  he  had  cast  into  the  waters,  the 
waters  were  made   sweet:    there  he 
made  for  them  a  statute  and  an  ordi- 
nance, and  there  he  proved  them, 

26  And  said,  If  thou  wilt  diligently 
hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  LORD  thy 
God,  and  wilt  do  that  which  is  right 
in  his  sight,  and  wilt  give  ear  to  his 
commandments,  and  keep  all  his  stat- 
utes, I  will  put  none  of  these  diseases 
upon  thee,  which  I  have  brought  upon 
the  Egyptians:    for  I  am  the  LORD 
that  healeth  thee. 

27  And  they  came  to  Elim,  where 
were  twelve  wells  of  water,  and  three- 
score and  ten  palm  trees:    and  they 
encamped  there  by  the  waters. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

A  ND  they  took  their  journey  from 
Elim,  and  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  came  unto  the 
wilderness  of  Sin,  which  is  between 
Elim  and  Sinai,  on  the  fifteenth  day 
of  the  second  month  after  their  de- 
parting out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

2  And  the  whole  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  murmured  against 
Moses  and  Aaron  in  the  wilderness : 

3  And  the   children  of  Israel  said 
unto  them,  Would  to  Grod  we  had  died 
by  the  hand  of  the  LORD  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  when  we  sat  by  the  flesh 


pots,  and  when  we  did  eat  bread  to 
the  full ;  for  ye  have  brought  us  forth 
into  this  wilderness,  to  kill  this  whole 
assembly  with  hunger. 

4  Then  said  the  LORD  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  I  will  rain  bread  from  heaven 
for  you ;  and  the  people  shall  go  out 
and  gather  a  certain  rate  every  day, 
that  I  may  prove  them,  whether  they 
will  walk  in  my  law,  or  not. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  on 
the  sixth  day  they  shall  prepare  that 
which  they  shall  bring  in ;  and  it  shall 
be  twice  as  much  as  they  gather  daily. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  said  unto  all 
the  children  of  Israel,  At  even,  then 
ye  shall  know  that  the  LORD  hath 
brought  you  out   from   the    land    of 
Egypt: 

7  And  in  the  morning,  then  ye  shall 
see  the  glory  of  the  LORD;    for  he 
hath  heard  your  murmurings  against 
the  LORD  :  and  what  are  we,  that  ye 
murmur  against  us  ? 

8  And  Moses  said,   This  shall  be, 
when  the  LORD  shall  give  you  in  the 
evening  flesh  to  eat,  and  in  the  morn- 
ing bread  to  the  full ;  for  the  LORD 
hath   heard  your  murmurings  which 
ye  murmur  against  him :   and  what  are 
we  ?  your  murmurings  are  not  against 
us,  but  against  the  LORD. 

9  And  Moses  spake  unto  Aaron,  Say 
unto  all  the  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  Come  near  before  the 
LORD  :  for  he  hath  heard  your  mur- 
murings. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Aaron 
spake  unto  the  whole  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  that  they  looked 
toward  the  wilderness,  and,  behold, 
the  glory  of  the  LORD  appeared  in  the 
cloud. 

11  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 


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EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 


12  I  have  heard  the  murmurings  of 
the  children  of   Israel :    speak   unto 
them,  saying,  At  even  ye  shall   eat 
flesh,  and  in  the  morning  ye  shall  be 
filled  with  bread  ;  and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  LOKD  your  Glod. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  even 
the  quails  came  up,   and  covered  the 
camp:    and  in  the  morning  the  dew 
lay  round  about  the  camp. 

14  And  when  the  dew  that  lay  was 
gone  up,  behold,  upon  the  face  of  the 
wilderness  their  lay    a   small   round 
thing,  as  small  as  the  hoar  frost  on 
the  ground. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Israel 
saw  it,  they  said  one  to  another,  It  is 
food :  for  they  knew  not  what  it  was. 
And  Moses  said  unto  them,  This  is  the 
bread  which  the  LOBD  hath  given  you 
to  eat. 

16  This  is  the  thing  which  the  LORD 
hath  commanded,  (rather  of  it  every 
man  according  to  his  eating,  an  omer 
for  every  man,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  your  persons ;    take  ye  every 
man  for  them  which  are  in  his  tents. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so, 
and  gathered,  some  more,  some  less. 

18  And  when  they  did  mete  it  with 
an  omer,  he  that  gathered  much  had 
nothing  over,   and  he  that  gathered 
little   had   no   lack ;    they   gathered 
every  man  according  to  his  eating. 

19  And  Moses  said,   Let   no   man 
leave  of  it  till  the  morning. 

20  Notwithstanding  they  hearkened 
not  unto  Moses;    but  some  of  them 
left  of  it  until  the  morning,  and  it  bred 
worms  and  stank:     and   Moses   was 
wroth  with  them. 

21  And  they  gathered  it  every  morn- 
ing every  man  according  to  his  eating : 
and  when  the  sun  waxed  hot,  it  melted. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the 


sixth  day  they  gathered  twice  as  much 
bread,  two  omers  for  one  man:  and 
all  the  rulers  of  the  congregation  came 
and  told  Moses. 

23  And  he  said  unto  them,  This  is 
that  which  the  LORD  hath  said,  To 
morrow  is  the  rest  of  the  holy  sabbath 
unto  the  LORD  :   bake  that  which  ye 
will  bake  to  day,  and  seethe  that  ye 
will  seethe ;  and  that  which  remaineth 
over  lay  up  for  you  to  be  kept  until 
the  morning. 

24  And  they  laid  it  up  till  the  morn- 
ing, as  Moses  bade:    and  it  did  not 
rot,    neither    was    there   any    worm 
therein. 

25  And  Moses  said,  Eat  that  to  day ; 
for  to  day  is  a  sabbath  unto  the  LORD  : 
to  day  ye  shall  not  find  it  in  the  field. 

26  Six  days  ye  shall  gather  it ;  but 
on  the  seventh  day,  which  is  the  sab- 
bath, in  it  there  shall  be  none. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,   that  there 
went  out  some  of  the  people  on  the 
seventh  day  to  gather,  and  they  found 
none. 

28  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
How  long  refuse  ye  to  keep  my  com- 
mandments and  my  laws  ? 

29  See,  for  that  the  LORD  hath  given 
you  the  sabbath,  therefore  he  giveth 
you  on  the  sixth  day  the  bread  of  two 
days :  abide  ye  every  man  in  his  place, 
let  no  man  go  out  of  his  place  on  the 
seventh  day. 

30  So    the    people    rested    on    the 
seventh  day. 

31  And  the  house  of  Israel  called 
the  name  thereof  Manna :   and  it  was 
like  coriander  seed,  white;    and  the 
taste  of  it  was  like  wafers  made  with 
honey. 

32  And  Moses  said,  This  is  the  thing 
which  the  LORD  commandeth,  Fill  an 
omer  of  it  to  be  kept  for  your  genera- 


CHAPTER  XVII. 


EXODUS. 


79 


tions;  that  they  may  see  the  bread 
wherewith  I  have  fed  you  in  the  wil- 
derness, when  I  brought  you  forth 
from  the  land  of  Egypt. 

33  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  Take 
a  pot,  and  put  an  omer  full  of  manna 
therein,  and  lay  it  up  before  the  LORD, 
to  be  kept  for  your  generations. 

34  As  the  LORD  commanded  Moses, 
so  Aaron  laid  it  up  before  the  Testi- 
mony, to  be  kept. 

35  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
eat  manna  forty  years,  until  they  came 
to   a    land   inhabited:    they  did  eat 
manna,  until  they  came  unto  the  bor- 
ders of  the  land  of  Canaan. 

36  Now  an  omer  is  the  tenth  part  of 
an  ephah. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

A  ND  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  journeyed  from 
the  wilderness  of  Sin,  after  their  jour- 
neys, according  to  the  commandment 
of  the  LORD,  and  pitched  in  Rephidim : 
and  there  was  no  water  for  the  people 
to  drink. 

2  Wherefore  the  people  did  chide 
with  Moses,  and  said,  Give  us  water 
that  we  may  drink.     And  Moses  said 
unto  them,  Why  chide  ye  with  me  ? 
wherefore  do  ye  tempt  the  LORD  ? 

3  And  the  people  thirsted  there  for 
water ;     and    the    people    murmured 
against  Moses,  and  said,  Wherefore 
hast  thou  brought  us  up  out  of  Egypt, 
to  kill  us  and  our  children  and  our 
cattle  with  thirst  ? 

4  And  Moses  cried  unto  the  LORD, 
saying;   What  shall  I   do  unto   this 
people  ?  they  be  almost  ready  to  stone 
me. 

5  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
G-o  on  before   the  people,   and  take 
with  thee  of  the  elders  of  Israel ;  and 


thy  rod,  wherewith  thou  smotest  the 
river,  take  in  thine  hand,  and  go. 

6  Behold,  I  will  stand  before  thee 
there  upon  the  rock  in  Horeb ;    and 
thou  shalt  smite  the  rock,   and  there 
shall  come  water  out  of  it,  that  the 
people  may  drink.    And  Moses  did  so 
in  the  sight  of  the  elders  of  Israel. 

7  And  he  called  the   name  of  the 
place  Massah  and  Meribah,  because  of 
the  chiding  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  because  they  tempted  the  LORD, 
saying,  Is  the  LORD  among  us,  or  not? 

8  Then  came  Amalek,   and  fought 
with  Israel  in  Rephidim. 

9  And    Moses    said   unto    Joshua, 
Choose  us  out  men,  and  go  out,  fight 
with  Amalek :  to  morrow  I  will  stand 
on  the  top  of  the  hill  with  the  rod  of 
Grod  in  mine  hand. 

10  So  Joshua  did  as  Moses  had  said 
to  him,  and  fought  with  Amalek :  and 
Moses,  Aaron,  and  Hur  went  up  to 
the  top  of  the  hill. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
held  up  his  hand,   that   Israel   pre- 
vailed:   and  when  he  let   down   his 
hand,  Amalek  prevailed. 

12  But  Moses'  hands  were  heavy; 
and  they  took  a  stone,  and  put  it  under 
him,  and  he  sat  thereon ;   and  Aaron 
and  Hur  stayed  up  his  hands,  the  one 
on  the  one  side,  and  the  other  on  the 
other  side ;  and  his  hands  were  steady 
until  the  going  down  of  the  sun. 

13  And  Joshua  discomfited  Amalek 
and  his  people  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword. 

14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Write  this  for  a  memorial  in  a  book, 
and  repeat  it  in  the  ears  of  Joshua : 
for  I  will  utterly  put  out  the  remem- 
brance of  Amalek  from  under  heaven. 

15  And  Moses  built  an  altar,  and 
called  the  name  of  it  JEHOVAH- nissi : 


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EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


16  For  he  said,  Because  the  LORD 
hath  sworn  that  the  LORD  will  have 
war  with  Amalek  from  generation  to 
generation. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

\\THEN  Jethro,  the  priest  of  Midian, 
Moses'  father  in  law,  heard  of  all 
that  God  had  done  for  Moses,  and  for 
Israel  his  people,  and  that  the  LORD 
had  brought  Israel  out  of  Egypt: 

2  Then  Jethro,  Moses'  father  in  law, 
took  Zipporah,  Moses'  wife,  after  he 
had  sent  her  back, 

3  And  her  two  sons :    of  which  the 
name  of  the  one  was  Gershom  ;  for  he 
said,  I  have  been  an  alien  in  a  strange 
land ; 

4  And  the  name  of  the  other  was 
Eliezer;    for  the  God  of  my  father, 
said  he,  was  mine  help,  and  delivered 
me  from  the  sword  of  Pharaoh : 

5  And  Jethro,  Moses'  father  in  law, 
came  with  his  sons  and  his  wife  unto 
Moses  into  the  wilderness,  where  he 
encamped  at  the  mount  of  God : 

6  And  he  sent  word  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing,  I  thy  father  in  law  Jethro  am 
come  unto  thee,  and  thy  wife,  and  her 
two  sons  with  her. 

7  And  Moses  went  out  to  meet  his 
father  in  law,  and  did  obeisance,  and 
kissed  him ;  and  they  asked  each  other 
of  their  welfare ;  and  they  came  into 
the  tent. 

8  And  Moses  told  his  father  in  law 
all  that  the  LORD  had  done  unto  Pha- 
raoh and  to  the  Egyptians  for  Israel's 
sake,  and  all  the  travail  that  had  come 
upon  them  by  the  way,  and  how  the 
LORD  delivered  them. 

9  And  Jethro  rejoiced  for  all  the 
goodness  which  the  LORD  had  done  to 
Israel,  whom  he  had  delivered  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  Egyptians. 


10  And  Jethro  said,  Blessed  be  the 
LORD,  who  hath  delivered  you  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  Egyptians,  and  out  of 
the  hand  of  Pharaoh,  who  hath  deliv- 
ered the  people  from  under  the  hand 
of  the  Egyptians. 

11  Now  I  know  that  the  LORD  is 
greater  than  all  gods :    for  the  thing 
wherein  they  dealt  proudly  came  over 
them. 

12  And  Jethro,  Moses'  father  in  law, 
took  a  burnt  offering  and  sacrifices  for 
God:    and  Aaron  came,  and  all  the 
elders  of  Israel,   to  eat  bread  with 
Moses'  father  in  law  before  God. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, that  Moses  sat  to  judge  the  peo- 
ple: and  the  people  stood  by  Moses 
from  the  morning  unto  the  evening. 

14  And  when  Moses'  father  in  law 
saw  all  that  he  did  to  the  people,  he 
said,  What  is  this  thing  that  thou  doest 
to  the  people  ?    Why  sittest  thou  thy- 
self alone,  and  all  the  people  stand  by 
thee  from  morning  unto  even  ? 

15  And  Moses  said  unto  his  father 
in  law,  Because  the  people  come  unto 
me  to  inquire  of  God : 

16  When  they  have  a  matter,  they 
come  unto  me ;  and  I  judge  between 
one  and  another,  and  I  do  make  them 
know  the  statutes  of  God,  and  his  laws. 

17  And  Moses'  father  in  law  said 
unto  him,  The  thing  that  thou  doest 
is  not  good. 

18  Thou  wilt  surely  wear  away,  both 
thou,    and    this  people   that  is  with 
thee :  for  this  thing  is  too  heavy  for 
thee ;  thou  art  not  able  to  perform  it 
th\  self  alone. 

19  Hearken  now  unto  my  voice,  I 
will  give  thee  counsel,  and  God  shall 
be  with  thee :  Be  thou  for  the  people 
to  God- ward,  that  thou  niayest  bring 
the  causes  unto  God  : 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


EXODUS. 


81 


20  And  thou  shalt  teach  them  ordi- 
j  nances  and  laws,  and  shalt  shew  them 
j  the  way  wherein  they  must  walk,  and 
|  the  work  that  they  must  do. 
i    21  Moreover  thou  shalt  provide  out 

of  all  the  people  able  men,  such  as 
!  fear  God,  men  of  truth,  hating  cov- 
I  etousness ;  and  place  such  over  them, 
!  to  be  rulers  of  thousands,  and  rulers 

of  hundreds,  rulers  of  fifties,  and  rulers 
\  of  tens : 

22  And  let  them  judge  the  people  at 
all  seasons :  and  it  shall  be,  that  every 
great  matter  they  shall  bring  unto  thee, 
but  every  small  matter  they  shall  judge: 
so  shall  it  be  easier  for  thyself,  and 
they  shall  bear  the  burden  with  thee. 

23  If  thou  shalt  do  this  thing,  and 
God  command  thee  so,  then  thou  shalt 
be  able  to  endure,  and  all  this  people 
shall  also  go  to  their  place  in  peace. 

24  So  Moses  hearkened  to  the  voice 
of  his  father  in  law,  and  did  all  that 
he  had  said. 

25  And  Moses  chose  able  men  out 
of  all  Israel,  and  made  them  heads 
over  the  people,  rulers  of  thousands, 
rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers  of  fifties, 
and  rulers  of  tens. 

26  And  they  judged  the  people  at 
all  seasons:    the    hard    causes    they 
brought  unto  Moses,  but  every  small 
matter  they  judged  themselves. 

27  And  Moses  let  his  father  in  law 
depart ;  and  he  went  his  way  into  his 
own  land. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

FN  the  third  month,  when  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  were  gone  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  the  same  day 
came  they  into  the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 
2  For  they  were  departed  from  Re- 
phidim,  and  were  come  to  the  desert 
of  Sinai,  and  had  pitched  in  the  wil- 


1  derness ;  and  there  Israel  camped  be- 
fore the  mount. 

3  And  Moses  went  up  unto  God,  and 
the  LORD  called  unto  him  out  of  the 
mountain,  saying,  Thus  shalt  thou  say 
to  the  house  of  Jacob,  and  tell  the 
children  of  Israel ; 

4  Ye  have  seen  what  I  did  unto  the 
Egyptians,  and  how  I  bare  you  on 
eagles'  wings,  and  brought  you  unto 
myself. 

5  Now  therefore,  if  ye  will  obey  my 
voice  indeed,  and  keep  my  covenant, 
then  ye  shall  be  a  peculiar  treasure 
unto  me  above  all  people :  for  all  the 
earth  is  mine : 

6  And  ye  shall  be  unto  me  a  kingdom 
of  priests,  and  a  holy  nation.     These 
are  the  words  which  thou  shalt  speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

7  And  Moses  came  and  called  for  the 
elders  of  the  people,  and  laid  before 
them    all    these    words    which     the 
LOED  commanded  him. 

8  And  all  the  people  answered  to- 
gether, and  said,  All  that  the  LORD 
hath  spoken  we  will  do.     And  Moses 
returned  the  words  of  the  people  unto 
the  LORD. 

9  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Go  unto  the  people,  and  sanctify  them 
to  day  and  to  morrow,  and  let  them 
wash  their  garments. 

1 0  And  be  ready  for  the  third  day : 
for  on  the  third  day  the  LORD  will 
appear  in  the  sight  of  all  the  people 
upon  mount  Sinai. 

11  And  Moses  went  down  from  the 
mount  unto  the  people ;  and  sanctified 
the  -  people  ;    and  they  washed  their 
raiments. 

12  And  he  said  unto  the  people,  Be 
ready  against  the  third  day. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third 
day  in  the  morning,  that  there  were 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XX. 


thunders  and  lightnings,  and  a  thick 
cloud  upon  the  mount,  and  the  voice 
of  the  trumpet  exceeding  loud ;  so  that 
all  the  people  thai  were  in  the  camp 
trembled. 

14  And   Moses   brought   forth   the 
people  out  of  the  camp  to  meet  with 
God;    and  they  stood  at  the  nether 
part  of  the  mount. 

15  And  mount  Sinai  was  altogether 
on  a  smoke,   because  the  LORD  ap- 
peared upon  it  in  fire :   and  the  smoke 
thereof  ascended  as  the  smoke  of  a 
furnace,  and  the  whole  mount  quaked 
greatly. 

16  And  the  voice  of  the   trumpet 
sounded  long,   and  waxed  louder  and 
louder,   and  Moses  spake,   and  God 
answered  him  by  a  voice. 

17  And   the  LORD   appeared  upon 
mount   Sinai,    and  the  LORD  called 
Moses  up  to  the  top  of  the  mount; 
and  Moses  went  up. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND   God  spake  all  these  words, 
saying, 

2  I  am  the  Eternal  thy  God,  who 
brought   thee    out   of    the    land    of 
Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

3  Thou   shalt   have  no  other  gods 
before  me. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any 
graven  image,  or  any  likeness  of  any 
thing  that  is  in  heaven  above,  or  that 
is  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in 
the  water  under  the  earth : 

5  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself 
to  them,   nor  serve  them :    for  I  the 
LORD   thy   God  am  a  jealous  God, 
visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon 
the  children  unto  the  third  and  fourth 
generation  of  them  that  hate  me ; 

6  And  shewing  mercy  unto  thousands 


of  them  that  love  me,  and  keep  my 
commandments. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of 
the  LORD  thy  God  in  vain :    for  the 
LORD  will  not  let  him  go  unpunished 
that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

8  Remember   the  Sabbath   day,  to 
keep  it  holy. 

9  Six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  do 
all  thy  work : 

10  But  the  seventh  day  is  the  Sab- 
bath of  the  LORD  thy  God :  in  it  thou 
shalt  not  do  any  work,  thou,  nor  thy 
son,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy  manservant, 
nor  thy  maidservant,  nor  thy  cattle, 
nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy 
gates : 

11  For  in  six  days  the  LORD  made 
heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that 
is   therein,    and    rested   the    seventh 

!  day :  wherefore  the  LORD  blessed  the 
!  Sabbath  day,  and  hallowed  it, 

12  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  moth- 
I  er :   that  thy  days  may  be  prolonged 
j  upon  the  land  which  the  LORD  thy 
!  God  giveth  thee. 

I    13  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

15  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness 
against  thy  neighbour. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neigh- 
bour's house,  thou  shalt  not  covet  thy 
neighbour's  wife,  nor  his  manservant, 
nor  his  maidservant,  nor  his  ox,  nor 
his  ass,  nor  any  thing  that  is  thy  neigh- 
bour's. 

18  And  all  the  people  saw  the  thun- 
derings,  and  the  lightnings,  and  the 
noise  of  the  trumpet,  and  the  mountain 
smoking :   and  when  the  people  saw  it, 
they  removed,  and  stood  afar  off. 

19  And  they  said  unto  Moses,  Speak 
thou  with  us,  and  we  will  hear :   but 
let  not  God  speak  with  us,  lest  we  die. 


CHAPTER  XXI. 


EXODUS. 


83 


20  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Fear  not:   for  God  is  come  to  prove 
you,  and  that  his  fear  may  be  before 
your  faces,  that  ye  sin  not. 

21  And  the  people  stood  afar  off, 
and  Moses  drew  near  unto  the  thick 
darkness  where  God  was. 

22  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Thus  thou  shalt  say  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  Ye  have  seen  that  I  have 
spoken  with  you  from  heaven. 

23  Ye  shall  not  make  with  me  gods 
of  silver,  neither  shall  ye  make  unto 
you  gods  of  gold. 

24  An  altar  of  earth  thou  shalt  make 
unto  me,  and  shalt  sacrifice  thereon 
thy  burnt   offerings,    and   thy   peace 
offerings,  thy  sheep,  and  thine  oxen : 
in  all  places  where  I  have  my  name 
called  I  will  come  unto  thee,   and  I 
will  bless  thee. 

25  And  if  thou  wilt  make  me  an 
altar  of  stone,  thou  shalt  not  build  it 
of  hewn  stone :   for  if  thou  lift  up  thy 
iron  upon  it,  thou  hast  polluted  it. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

these  are  the  judgments  which 
thou  shalt  set  before  them. 

2  If  thou  buy  a  Hebrew  servant,  six 
years  he  shall  serve :  and  in  the  seventh 
he  shall  go  out  free  for  nothing. 

3  If  he  came  in  by  himself,  he  shall 
go  out  by  himself :  if  he  were  married, 
then  his  wife  shall  go  out  with  him. 

4  If  his  master  have  given  him  a 
wife,  and  she  have  born  him  sons  or 
daughters ;  the  wife  and  her  children 
shall  be  her  master's,  and  he  shall  go 
out  by  himself. 

5  And  if  the  servant  shall  plainly 
say,  I  love  my  master,  my  wife,  and 
my  children ;  I  will  not  go  out  free : 

6  Then  his  master  shall  bring  him 
unto  the  judges;   he  shall  also  bring 


him  to  the  door,  or  unto  the  door  post ; 
and   his   master   shall   bore   his    ear 
through  with  an  awl;    and  he  shall 
|  serve  him  for  ever. 

7  And  if  a  man  sell  his  daughter  to 
be  a  maidservant,  she  shall  not  go  out 
as  the  menservants  do. 

8  If  she  please  not  her  master,  who 
hath  betrothed  her  to  himself,   then 
shall  he  let  her  be  redeemed :    to  sell 
her  unto  a  strange  nation  he  shall  have 
no  power,  seeing  he  hath  dealt  deceit- 
fully with  her. 

9  And  if  he  have  betrothed  her  unto 
his  son,  he  shall  deal  with  her  after 
the  manner  of  daughters. 

10  If  he  take  him  another  wife,  her 
food,    her  raiment,  and  her  honour, 
shall  he  not  diminish. 

11  And  if  he  do  not  these  three  unto 
her,  then  shall  she  go  out  free  without 
money. 

12  He  that  smiteth  a  man,   so  that 
he  die,  shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 

13  And  if  a  man  lie   not  in  wait, 
then   I    will    appoint    thee    a   place 
whither  he  shall  flee. 

14  But  if  a  man  come  presumptu- 
ously upon  his  neighbour,  to  slay  him 

!  with  guile ;  thou  shalt  take  him  from 
j  mine  altar,  that  he  be  put  to  death. 

15  And  he  that  smiteth  his  father, 

I  or  his  mother,  shall  be  surely  put  to 
death. 

1G  And  he  that  stealeth  a  man,  and 
selleth  him,  or  if  he  be  found  in  his 
hand,  he  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

1 7  And  he  that  curseth  his  father, 
or  his  mother,  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death. 

18  And  if  men  strive  together,  and 
one  smite  another  with  a  stone,   or 
with  his  fist,  and  he  die  not,  but  keep- 
eth  his  bed : 

19  If  he  rise  again,  and  walk  abroad 


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EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 


upon  his  staff',  then  shall  he  that  smote  j 
him  be  quit :  only  he  shall  pay  for  the 
loss  of  his  time,  and  shall  cause  him 
to  be  thoroughly  healed. 

20  And  if  a  man  smite  his  servant, 
or  his  maid,  with  a  rod,   and  he  die 
under  his  hand ;    he  shall  be  surely 
punished. 

21  And  if  a  man  smite  the  eye  of 
Ms  servant,  or  the  eye  of  his  maid, 
that  it  perish;    he  shall  let  him   go 
free  for  his  eye's  sake. 

22  And  if  he  smite  out  his  man- 
servant's tooth;   he  shall  let  him  go 
free  for  his  tooth's  sake. 

23  If  an  ox  gore  a  man  or  a  woman, 
that  they  die:   then  the  ox  shall  be 
surely  stoned,  and  his  flesh  shall  not 
be  eaten;    but  the  owner  of  the   ox 
shall  be  quit. 

24  But  if  the  ox  were  wont  to  push 
with  his  horn  in  time  past,  and  it  hath 
been  testified  to  his  owner,    and  he 
hath  not  kept  him  in,  and  the  ox  hath 
killed  a  man  or  a  woman ;  the  ox  shall 
be  stoned,  and  his  owner  also  shall  be 
put  to  death. 

25  If  there  be  laid  on  him  a  sum  of 
money,    then   he   shall   give  for  the 
ransom  of  his  life  whatsoever  is  laid 
upon  him. 

26  Whether  he  have  gored  a  son,  or 
have  gored  a  daughter,   according  to 
this  judgment  shall  it  be  done  unto 
him. 

27  If  the  ox  shall  push  a  manservant 
or  a  maidservant ;  the  owner  shall  give 
unto   their   master  thirty  shekels  of 
silver,  and  the  ox  shall  be  stoned. 

28  And  if  a  man  shall  open  a  pit, 
or  if  a  man  shall  dig  a  pit,  and  not 
cover  it,   and  an  ox  or  an  ass   fall 
therein ; 

29  The  owner  of  the  pit  shall  make 
it   good,    and   give   money  unto  the 


owner  of  them ;    and  the  dead  beast 
shall  be  his. 

30  And  if  one  man's  ox  hurt  an- 
other's, that  he  die :    then  they  shall 
sell  the  live  ox,  and  divide  the  money 
of  it ;   and  the  dead  ox  also  they  shall 
divide. 

31  Or  if  it  be  known  that  thn  ox  hath 
used  to  push  in   time  past,  and  his 
owner  hath  not  kept  him  in ;  he  shall 
surely  pay  ox  for  ox  ;    and  the  dead 
shall  be  his  own. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

TF  a  man  shall  steal  an  ox,  or  a  sheep, 
and  kill  it,  or  sell  it;   he  shall  re- 
store five   oxen  for  an  ox,  and  four 
sheep  for  a  sheep. 

2  If  a  thief  be  found  breaking  in, 
and  be  smitten  that  he  die,  there  shall 
no  blood  be  shed  for  him. 

3  If  the  sun  be  risen  upon  him,  it  is 
murder;    for  what  he  has  stolen  he 
should  make  full  restitution :    if  he 
have  nothing,  then  he  shall  be  sold 
for  his  theft. 

4  If  the  theft  be  certainly  found  in 
his  hand  alive,  whether  it  be  ox,  or 
ass,  or  sheep ;  he  shall  restore  double. 

5  If  a  man  shall  cause  a  field  or  vine- 
yard to  be  eaten,  and  shall  put  in  his 
beast,  and  shall  feed  in  another  man's 
field  ;  of  the  best  of  his  own  field,  and 
of  the  best  of  his  own  vineyard,  shall 
he  make  restitution. 

6  If  fire  break  out,   and  catch  in 
thorns,  so  that  the  stacks  of  corn,   or 
the  standing  corn,  or  the  field,  be  con- 
sumed therewith  ;  he  that  kindled  the 
fire  shall  surely  make  restitution. 

7  If  a  man   shall  deliver  unto  his 
neighbour  money  or  stuff  to  keep,  and 
it  be  stolen  out  of  the  man's  house ;  if 
the  thief  be  found,  let  him  pay  double. 

8  If  the  thief  be  not  found,  then  the 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 


EXODUS. 


85 


master  of  the  house  shall  be  brought  j  and  your  wives  shall  be  widows,  and 
unto  the  judges,   to  see  whether  he  i  your  children  fatherless. 


have  put  his  hand  unto  his  neighbour's 
goods. 

9  For  all  manner  of  trespass,  whether 
it  be  for  ox,  for  ass,  for  sheep,  for 
raiment,  or  for  any  manner  of  lost 
thing,  which  another  challengeth  to 
be  his,  the  cause  of  both  parties  shall 
come  before  the  judges;    and  whom 
the  judges  shall  condemn,  he  shall  pay 
double  unto  his  neighbour. 

10  If  a  man  deliver  unto  his  neigh- 
bour an  ass,  or  an  ox,  or  a  sheep,  or 
any  beast,  to  keep  ;  and  it  die,  or  be 
hurt,  or  driven  away,  no  man  seeing  it  : 

11  Then  shall  an  oath  of  the  LOKD 
be  between  them  both,  that  he  hath 
not  put  his  hand  unto  his  neighbour's 
goods ;  and  the  owner  of  it  shall  accept 
thereof,  and  he  shall  not  make  it  good. 

12  And  if  it  be  stolen  from  him,  he 
shall  make  restitution  unto  the  owner 


thereof. 
13  If  it  be  torn  in  pieces,  then 


20  If  thou  lend  money  to  any  of  my 
people  that  is  poor  by  thee,  thou  shalt 
not  be  to  him  as  a  usurer,  neither  shalt 
thou  lay  upon  him  usury. 

21  If  thou  at  all  take  thy  neighbour's 
raiment  to  pledge,  thou  shalt  deliver 
it  unto  him  when  the  sun  goeth  down  : 

22  For  that  is  his  covering  only,  it 
is  his  raiment  for  his  skin :    wherein 
shall  he  sleep  ?  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  when  he  crieth  unto  me,  that  I 
will  hear ;  for  I  am  gracious. 

23  Thou  shalt  not  revile  the  judges, 
nor  curse  the  ruler  of  thy  people. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  delay  to  offer  the 
first  of  thy  ripe  fruits,  and  of  thy  wine : 
the  firstborn  of  thy  sons  shalt  thou 
sanctify  unto  me. 

25  Likewise  shalt  thou  do  with  thine 
oxen,  and  with  thy  sheep :  seven  days 
it  shall  be  with  his  mother ;    on  the 


eighth  day  thou  shalt  give  it  me. 
let  i    26  And  ye  shall  be  holy  men  unto 

him  bring  it  for  witness,  and  he  shall  I  me :   neither  shall  ye  eat  any  flesh  that 
not  make  good  that  which  was  torn.      |  is  torn  of  beasts  in  the  field ;  ye  shall 

14  And  if  a  man  borrow  aught  of  his  j  cast  it  to  the  dogs, 
neighbour,  and  it  be  hurt,  or  die,  the 


owner  thereof  not  being  with  it, 
shall  surely  make  it  good. 


he 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 
T^HOU  shalt  not  raise  a  false  report : 


15  But  if  the  owner  thereof  be  with  \        put  not  thine  hand  with  the  wicked 
it,  he  shall  not  make  it  good :  if  he  be 

hired  to  keep  the  thing,  he  looses  his 
hire. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  vex  a  stranger, 
nor  oppress  him :   for  ye  were  strangers 
in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

17  Ye  shall  not  afflict  any  widow,  or 
fatherless  child. 

18  If  thou  afflict  them  in  any  wise, 
and  they  cry  unto  me,  I  will  surely 
hear  their  cry ; 

19  And  my  wrath  shall   wax  hot, 
and  I  will  kill  you  with  the  sword; 


to  be  an  unrighteous  witness. 

2  Thou  shalt  not  follow  a  multitude 
to  do  evil :    neither  shalt  thou  speak 
in  a  cause  to  incline   after  many  to 
wrest  judgment : 

3  Neither  shalt  thou  countenance  a 
poor  man  in  his  cause  on  account  of 
his  poverty. 

4  If  thou  meet  thine  enemy's  ox  or 
his  ass  going  astray,  thou  shalt  surely 
bring  it  back  to  him  again. 

5  If  thou  see  the  beast  of  him  that 
hateth  thee  lying  under  his  burden, 


86 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 


and  wouldest  forbear  to  help  him,  thou 
shall  surely  help  with  him. 

6  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  judgment 
of  thy  poor  in  his  cause. 

7  Keep  thee  far  from  a  false  matter ; 
and  the  innocent  and  righteous  slay 
thou  not:    for  I  will  not  justify  the 
wicked. 

8  And  thou  shalt  take  no  gift :    for 
the  gift  blindeth  the  wise,  and  per- 
verteth  the  words  of  the  righteous. 

9  Also   thou    shalt    not    oppress   a 
stranger :   for  ye  know  the  heart  of  a 
stranger,  seeing  ye  were  strangers  in 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy 
land,   and  shalt  gather  in  the  fruits 
thereof : 

11  But  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt 
let  it  rest  and  lie  still ;   that  the  poor 
of  thy  people  may  eat :   and  what  they 
leave  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  eat. 
In  like  manner  thou  shalt  deal  with 
thy  vineyard,  and  with  thy  oliveyard. 

12  Six  days  thou  shalt  do  thy  work, 
and  on  the  seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest : 
that  thine  ox  and  thine  ass  may  rest, 
and  the  son  of  thy  handmaid,  and  the 
stranger,  may  be  refreshed. 

13  And  in  all  things  that  I  have  said 
unto  you  be  circumspect:   and  make 
no  mention  of  the  name  of  other  gods, 
neither  let  it  be  heard  out  of  thy  mouth. 

14  Three  times  thou  shalt  keep  a 
feast  unto  me  in  the  year. 

15  Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  un- 
leavened  bread:     thou  shalt  eat  un- 
leavened bread  seven  days,  as  I  com- 
manded thee,  in  the  time  appointed 
of  the  month  Abib;    for  in  it  thou 
earnest  out  from  Egypt:     and    none 
shall  appear  before  me  empty : 

16  And  the  feast   of   harvest,  the , 
firstfruits  of  thy  labours,  which  thou 
hast  sown  in  the  field :  and  the  feast 


of  ingathering,  which  is  at  the  end  of 
the  year,  when  thou  hast  gathered  in 
thy  labours  out  of  the  field. 

17  Three  times  in  the  year  all  thy 
males  shall  appear  before  the  Lord 
GOD. 

18  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of 
my    sacrifice    with    leavened    bread; 
neither  shall  the  fat  of  my  sacrifice 
remain  until  the  morning. 

19  The  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy 
land  thou  shalt  bring  into  the  house 
of  the  LORD  thy  Glod.    Thou  shalt  not 
seethe  a  kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 


A  ND 


Grod  said  unto  Moses,  Come 
up,  thou,  and  Aaron,  Nadab,  and 
Abihu,  and  seventy  of  the  elders  of 
Israel  ;  and  worship  ye  afar  off. 

2  And  Moses  alone  shall  come  near 
the  LORD:   but  they  shall  not  come 
nigh  ;  neither  shall  the  people  go  up 
with  him. 

3  And  Moses   came   and   told   the 
people  all  the  words  of  the  LORD,  and 
all  the  judgments  :  and  all  the  people 
answered  with  one  voice,   and  said, 
All  the  words  which  the  LORD  hath 
said,  will  we  do. 

4  And  Moses  wrote  all  the  words  of 
the  LORD,  and  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  built  an  altar  under  the 
hill,  and  twelve  j  illars,  according  to 
the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel. 

5  And  he  sent  young  men  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  which  offered  burnt 
offerings,  and  sacrificed  peace  offerings 
of  oxen  unto  the  LORD. 

6  And  he  took  the  book  of  the  cov- 
enant, and  read  in   the  audience   of 
the  people:   and  they  said,  All  that 
the  LORD  hath  said  will  we  do,  and 
be  obedient. 

7  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 


CHAPTER  XXV. 


EXODUS. 


87 


Come  up  to  me  into  the  mount,  and 
be  there :  and  I  will  give  thee  tables 
I  of  stone,  and  a  law,  and  cornmand- 
H  ments  which  I  have  written  ;  that  thou 
!  mayest  teach  them. 
;  8  And  Moses  rose  up,  and  his  dis- 
;  ciple  Joshua ;  and  Moses  went  up 
1  into  the  mount  of  Grod. 
i  9  And  he  said  unto  the  elders,  Tarry 
i  ye  here  for  us,  until  we  come  again 
unto  you :  and,  behold,  Aaron  and  Hur 
i  are  with  you:  if  any  man  have  any 
,  matters  to  do,  let  him  come  unto  them. 

10  And    Moses   went   up  into  the 
mount,  and  a  cloud  covered  the  mount. 

11  And  the  glory  of  the  LORD  abode 
upon   mount   Sinai,     and    the    cloud 
covered  it  six  days  :   and  the  seventh 
day  he  called  unto  Moses  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  cloud. 

12  And  the  sight  of  the  glory  of  the 
LORD  was  like  devouring  fire  on  the 
top  of  the  mount  in  the  eyes  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

13  And  Moses  went  into  the  midst 
of  the  cloud,   and  went  up  into  the 
mount :   and  Moses  was  in  the  mount 
forty  days  and  forty  nights. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  bring  me   an   offering:    of| 
every  man  that  giveth  it  willingly  with 
his  heart  ye  shall  takejny  offering. 

3  And  this  is  the  offering  which  ye 
shall  take  of  them ;  gold,   and  silver, 
and  brass, 

4  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  fine  linen,  and  goats'  hair, 

5  And  rams'   skins  dyed  red,   and 
badgers'  skins,  and  cedar  wood, 

6  Oil  for  the  light,  spices  for  anoint- 
ing oil,  and  for  sweet  incense, 


7  Onix  stones,  and  stones  to  be  set 
in    he  ephod,  and  in  the  breastplate. 

8  And  let  them  make  me  a  sanctuary; 
that  I  may  dwell  among  them. 

9  According  to  all  that  I  shew  thee, 
after  the  pattern  of  the  tabernacle, 
and  the  pattern  of  all  the  instruments 
thereof,  even  so  shall  ye  make  it 

10  See,  I  have  called  by  name  Be- 
zaleel  the  son  of  Uri,  the  son  of  Hur, 
of  the  tribe  of  Judah  : 

11  And  I  have  filled  him  with  the 
spirit  of  God,  in  wisdom,  and  in  un- 
derstanding,  and  in  knowledge,   and 
in  all  manner  of  workmanship, 

12  To  devise  cunning  works,  to  work 
in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 

13  And  in  cutting  of  stones,  to  set 
them,   and  in  carving  of  timber,  to 
work  in  all  manner  of  workmanship. 

14  And  I,  behold,  I  have  given  with 
him  Aholiab,  the   son  of  Ahisamach, 
of  the  tribe  of  Dan :  and  in  the  hearts 
of  all  that  are  wise  hearted  I  have  put 
wisdom,  that  they  may  make  all  that 
I  have  commanded  thee  ; 

15  The  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, and  the  ark  of  the  testimony, 
and  the  mercy  seat  that  is  thereupon, 
and  all  the  furniture  of  the  tabernacle, 

16  And  the  table  and  his  furniture, 
and  the  pure  candlestick  with  all  his 
furniture,  and  the  altar  of  incense, 

17  And  the  altar  of  burnt  offering 
with  all  his  furniture,  and  the  laver 
and  his  foot, 

18  And  the  clothes  of  service,  and 
the  holy  garments  for  Aaron  the  priest, 
and  the  garments  of  his  sons,  to  min- 
ister in  the  priest's  office, 

19  And  the  anointing  oil,  and  sweet 
incense  for  the  holy  place:  according 
to  all  that  I  have  commanded  thee 
shall  they  do. 

20  And  I  will  sanctify  the  taber- 


88 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 


nacle  of  the  congregation,  and  the 
altar:  I  will  sanctify  also  both  Aaron 
and  his  sons,  to  minister  to  me  in  the 
priest's  office. 

21  And  I  will  dwell  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  will  be  their  God. 

22  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  LORD  their  God,   that   brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
that  I  may  dwell  among  them  :  I  am 
the  LORD  their  God. 

23  When  thou  takest  the  sum  of  the 
children  of  Israel  after  their  number, 
then  shall  they  give  every  man  a  ran- 
som for  his  soul  unto  the  LORD,  when 
thou  numberest  them ;  that  there  be 
no  plague  among  them,  when   thou 
numberest  them. 

24  This  they  shall  give,  every  one 
that  passeth   among   them   that   are 
numbered,    half  a   shekel   after  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary :   (a  shekel  is 
twenty  gerahs:)   a  half  shekel  shall 
be  the  offering  of  the  LORD. 

25  Every  one  that  passeth  among 
them  that  are  numbered,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  above,   shall  give   an 
offering  unto  the  LORD. 

26  The  rich  shall  not  give  more,  and 
the  poor  shall  not  give  less,  than  half 
a  shekel,  when  they  give  an  offering 
unto  the  LORD,  to  make  an  atonement 
for  your  souls. 

27  And  thou  shalt  take  the  atone- 
ment money  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  shalt  appoint  it  for  the  service  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation ; 
that  it  may  be  a  memorial  unto  the 
children  of  Israel  before  the  LORD,  to 
make  an  atonement  for  your  souls. 

28  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

29  Speak  thou  also  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  saying,  Verily  my  sabbaths 


ye  shall  keep :  for  it  is  a  sign  between 
me  and  you  throughout  your  genera- 
tions ;  that  ye  may  know  that  I  am 
the  LORD  that  doth  sanctify  you. 

30  Ye  shall  keep  the  sabbath  there- 
fore ;  for  it  is  holy  unto  you.     Every 
one  that  defileth  it  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death:    for  whosoever  doeth  any 
work  therein,  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off 
from  among  his  people. 

31  Six  days  may  work  be  done ;  but 
in  the  seventh  is  the  sabbath  of  rest, 
holy  to  th  •  LORD  :   whosoever  doeth 
any  work  in  the  sabbath  day,  he  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

32  Wherefore  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  keep  the  sabbath,  to  observe  the 
sabbath  throughout  their  generations, 
for  a  perpetual  covenant. 

33  It  is  a  sign  between  me  and  the 
children  of  Israel  for  ever :    for  in  six 
days   the   LORD   made   heaven    and 
earth,    and   on   the    seventh  day  he 
rested,  and  was  satisfied. 

34  And  he  gave  unto  Moses,  when 
he  had  made  an  end  of  communing 
with  him  upon  mount  Sinai,  two  tables 
of  testimony,  tables  of  stone,  written 
with  the  finger  of  God. 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 


AN; 


D  when  the  people  saw  that  Mo- 
ses delayed  to  come  down  out  of 
the  mount,  the  people  gathered  them- 
selves together  unto  Aaron,  and  said 
unto  him,  Up,  make  us  gods,  which 
shall  go  before  us ;  for  as  for  this 
Moses,  the  man  that  brought  us  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  we  know  not 
what  is  become  of  him. 

2  And  Aaron  said  unto  them,  Take 
off  the  golden  earrings,  which  are  in 
the  ears  of  your  wives,  of  your  sons, 
and  of  your  daughters,  and  bring  them 
unto  me. 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 


EXODUS. 


3  And  all  the  people  took  off  the 
golden  earrings  which  were  in  their 
ears,  and  brought  them  unto  Aaron. 

4  And   he   received   them    at  their 
hand,  and  fashioned  it  with  a  graving 
tool,   after  he  had  made  it  a  molten 
calf :    and  they  said,   These  be  thy 
gods,  O  Israel,  which  brought  thee  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  And  when  Aaron  saw  it,  he  built 
an  altar  before  it ;   and  Aaron  made 
proclamation,   and  said,  To-morrow  is 
a  feast  to  the-LoRD. 

6  And  they  rose  up  early  on  the 
morrow,  and  offered  burnt  offerings, 
and  brought  peace  offerings ;  and  the 
people  sat  down  to  eat  and  to  drink, 
and  rose  up  to  play. 

7  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
G-o,   get  thee  down;  for  thy  people, 
which  thou  broughtest  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  have  corrupted  themselves: 

8  They  have  turned  aside  quickly 
out  of  the  way  which  I  commanded 
them :  they  have  made  them  a  molten 
calf,   and  have   worshipped   it,    and 
have   sacrificed  thereunto,   and   said, 
These  be  thy  gods,  0  Israel,  which 
have  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

9  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses,  I 
have  seen  this  people,  and,  behold,  it 
is  a  stiff-necked  people : 

10  Now  therefore  let  me  alone,  that 
my  wrath  may  wax  hot  against  them, 
and  that  I  may  consume  them :   and  I 
will  make  of  thee  a  great  nation. 

11  And  Moses  besought  the  LORD 
his  God,  and  said,  LORD,  why  doth 
thy  wrath  wax  hot  against  thy  people, 
which  thou  hast  brought  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt  with  great  power, 
and  with  a  mighty  hand? 

12  Wherefore  should  the  Egyptians 
speak,  and  say,  For  mischief  did  he 


bring  them  out,  to  slay  them  in  the 
mountains,  and  to  consume  them  from 
the  face  of  the  earth?  Turn  from  thy 
fierce  wrath,  and  repent  of  this  evil 
against  thy  people. 

13  Remember  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Israel,  thy  servants,  to  whom  thou  didst 
swear  by  thine  own  self,  and  saidst 
unto  them,  I  will  multiply  you  as  the 
stars  of  heaven,  and  all  this  land  that 
I  have  spoken  of  will  I  give  unto  your 
children,  and  they  shall  inherit  it  for 
ever. 

14  And  the  LORD  repented  of  the 
evil  which  he  thought  to  do  unto  his 
people. 

15  And   Moses   turned,    and   went 
down  from  the  mount,  and  the  two 
tables  of  the  testimony  were  in  his 
hand :  the  tables  were  written  on  both 
their  sides ;   on  the  one  side  and  on 
the  other  were  they  written. 

16  And  the  tables  were  the  work  of 
God,  and  the  writing  was  the  writing 
of  God,  graven  upon  the  tables. 

17  And    when    Joshua   heard   the 
noise  of  the  people  as  they  shouted, 
he  said  unto  Moses,  There  is  a  noise 
of  war  in  the  camp. 

18  And  he  said,  It  is  not  the  voice 
of  them  that  shout  for  mastery,  neither 
is  it  the  voice  of  them  that  cry  for  be- 
ing overcome ;  but  the  noise  of  them 
that  sing  do  I  hear. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
he  came  nigh  unto  the  camp,  that  he 
saw  the  calf,  and  the  dancing:   and 
Moses'  anger  waxed  hot,  and  he  cast 
the  tables  out  of  his  hands,  and  broke 
them  beneath  the  mount. 

20  And  he  took  the  calf  which  they 
had  made,   and  burnt  it  in  the  fire,, 
and  ground  it  to  powder,  and  strewed 
it  upon  the  water,  and  made  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  drink  of  it. 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 


21  And   Moses    said    unto   Aaron, 
What  did  this  people  unto  thee,  that 
thou  hast  brought  so  great  a  sin  upon 
them? 

22  And  Aaron  said,  Let  not  the  an- 
ger of  my  lord  wax  hot :  thou  knowest 
the  people,  that  they  are  set  on  mis- 
chief. 

23  For  they  said  unto  me,  Make  us 
gods,  which  shall  go  before  us :  for  as 
for  this  Moses,  the  man  that  brought 
us  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  we 
know  not  what  is  become  of  him. 

24  And  I  said  unto  them,  Whoso- 
ever hath  any  gold,  let  them  break  it 
off.     So  they  gave  it  me :  then  I  cast 


row,  that  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Ye  have  sinned  a  great  sin :  and  now 
I  will  go  up  unto  the  LORD  ;  perad- 
venture  I  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
your  sin. 

31  And  Moses   returned   unto   the 
LORD,  and  said,  Oh,  this  people  have 
sinned  a   great  sin,   and  have  made 
them  gods  of  gold. 

32  Yet  now,    if  thou  wilt   forgive 
their  sin — ;  and  if  not,  blot  me,  I  pray 
thee,  out  of  thy  book  which  thou  hast 
written. 

33  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Whosoever   hath  sinned  against  me, 
him  will  I  blot  out  of  my  book. 


it  into  the  fire,  and  there  came  out  |    34  Therefore  now  go,  lead  the  people 


this  calf. 

25  And 


when  Moses  saw  that  the 


people  were  disorganized,  for  Aaron 

their 


unto  the  place  of  which  I  have  spoken 
unto  thee :  behold,  my  presence  shall 
go  before  thee:  nevertheless,  in  the 
day  when  I  visit,  I  will  visit  their  sin 


had   made    them   unbridled   to 

shame  among  their  enemies  ;  I  upon  them. 

26  Then  Moses  stood  in  the  gate  of  j    35  And  the  LORD  plagued  the  peo- 
the  camp,  and  said,  Who  is  on  the  I  pie,  because  of  the  calf,  which  Aaron 
LORD'S  side?  let  him  come  unto  me.  ;  made. 
And  all  the  sons  of  Levi  gathered 
themselves  together  unto  him. 


27  And  he  said  unto  them,   Thus 
saith  the  LORD  God   of  Israel,  Put 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Depart  and  go  up  hence,  thou  and 


JA. 


every  man  his  sword  by  his  side,  and  the  people  which  thou  hast  brought  up 
go  in  and  out  from  gate  to  gate  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  unto  the 
throughout  the  camp,  and  slay  every  land  which  I  sware  unto  Abraham,  to 
man  his  brother,  and  every  man  his  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  saying,  Unto  thy 
companion,  and  every  man  his  neigh-  children  will  I  give  it :  unto  a  land 
bour  that  is  rebellious.  flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 

28  And  the  children  of  Levi  did  ac-     2  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
cording  to  the   word  of  Moses :    and  Say  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  are 
there  fell  of  the  people  that  day  about  ,*a  stiff-necked  people :  I  will  come  up 
three  thousand  men.  \  into  the  midst  of  thee  in  a  moment, 

29  And  Moses  said,  Consecrate  your-  j  and  consume  thee  :  therefore  now  put 
selves  to-day  to  the  LORD,  even  every  j  off  thy  ornaments  from  thee,  that  I 
man   upon    his   son,    and    upon    his  |  may  know  what  to  do  unto  thee. 
brother ;  that  he  may  bestow  upon  you  |    3  And  the  children  of  Israel  stripped 
a  blessing  this  day.  themselves  of  their  ornaments  by  the 

30  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor-   mount  Horeb. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


EXODUS. 


91 


4  And  Moses  took  the  tabernacle, 
and  pitched  it  without  the  camp,  afar 
off  from  the  camp,  and  called  it  the 
Tabernacle  of  the  congregation.    And 
it  came  to  pass,  that  every  one  which 
sought  the  LORD  went  out  unto  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  which 
was  without  the  camp. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
went  out  unto  the  tabernacle,  that  all 
the  people  rose  up,  and  stood  every 
man  at  his  tent  door,  and  looked  after 
Moses,  until  he  was  gone  into  the  ta- 
bernacle. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Moses 
entered  into  the  tabernacle,  the  cloudy 
pillar   descended,    and   stood  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  LORD 
talked  with  Moses. 

7  And  all  the  people  saw  the  cloudy 
pillar  stand  at  the  tabernacle  door  : 
and  all  the  people  rose  up  and  wor- 
shipped, every  man  in  his  tent  door. 

8  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
face  to  face,  as  a  man  speaketh  unto 
his  friend.    And  he  turned  again  into 
the  camp ;   but  his  servant  Joshua, 
the  son  of  Nun,  a  young  man,  departed 
not  out  of  the  tabernacle. 

9  And  Moses  said  unto  the  LORD, 
See,  thou  sayest  unto  me,  Bring  up 
this  people :   and  thou  hast  not  let  me 
know  whom  thou  wilt  send  with  me. 
Yet  thou  hast  said,  I  know  thee  by 
name,  and  thou  hast  also  found  grace 
in  my  sight. 

10  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  if  I 
have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  shew 
me  now  thy  way,  that  I  may  know 
thee,   that  I  may  find  grace  in  thy 
sight :  and  consider  that  this  nation  is 
thy  people. 

11  And  he  said,  My  presence  shall 
go  with  thee,  and  I  will  give  thee  rest. 

12  And  he  said  unto  him,  If  thy 


presence  go  not  with  me,  carry  us  not 
up  hence. 

13  For  wherein   shall  it  be  known 
here  that  I  and  thy  people  have  found 
grace  in  thy  sight  ?  is  it  not  in  that 
thou  goest  with  us?    So  shall  we  be 
distinguished,  I  and  thy  people,  from 
all  the  nations  that  are  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth. 

14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
I  will  do  this  thing  also  that  thou  hast 
spoken :  for  thou  hast  found  grace  in 
my  sight,  and  I  know  thee  by  name. 

15  And  he  said,    I   beseech   thee, 
shew  me  thy  glory. 

16  And  he  said,  I  will  make  all  my 
goodness  pass  before  thee,  and  I  will 
proclaim  the  name  of  the  LORD  before 
thee ;  and  will  be  gracious  to  whom  I 
will  be  gracious,  and  will  shew  mercy 
on  whom  I  will  shew  mercy. 

17  And  he  said,  Thou  canst  not  see 
my  presence :    for  no  man  can  see  me, 
and  live. 

18  And   the   LORD    said,   Behold, 
there  is  a  place  by  me,  and  thou  shalt 
stand  upon  a  rock: 

19  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  while 
my  glory  passeth  by,  that  I  will  put  thee 
in  a  cleft  of  the  rock,  and  will  cover 
thee  with  my  hand  while  I  pass  by : 

20  And  I  will  take  away  mine  hand, 
and  thou  shalt  see  my  following ;   but 

|  my  face  can  not  be  seen. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 

Hew  thee  two  tables  of  stone  like 

unto  the  first:   and  I  will  write  upon 

these  tables  the  words  that  were  in 

the  first  tables,  which  thou  brakest. 

2  And  be  ready  in  the  morning,  and 
come  up  in  the  morning  unto  mount 
Sinai,  and  present  thyself  there  to  me 
in  the  top  of  the  mount. 


92 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


3  And  no  man  shall  come  up  with 
thee,    neither   let   any   man  be  seen 
throughout  all  the  mount ;  neither  let 
the  flocks  nor  herds  feed  before  that 
mount. 

4  And  he  hewed  two  tables  of  stone 
like  unto  the  first,  and  Moses  rose  up 
early  in  the  morning,   and  went  up 
unto  mount  Sinai,  as  the  LORD  had 
commanded  him,  and  took  in  his  hand 
the  two  tables  of  stone. 

5  And  the  LORD  descended  in  the 
cloud,  and  stood  with  him  there,  and 
proclaimed  the  name  of  the  LORD. 

6  And  the  LORD  passed  by  before 
him,  and  proclaimed,  The  LORD,  The 
LORD,  is  a  merciful  and  gracious  God, 
longsuffering,  and  abundant  in  good- 
ness and  truth, 

7  Keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  for- 
giving iniquity  and  transgression  and 
sin,  and  that  will  by  no  means  clear 
the  guilty ;  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the 
fathers  upon  the  children,  and  upon 
the  children's  children,  unto  the  third 
and  to  the  fourth  generation. 

8  And  Moses  made  haste,  and  bowed 
his  head  toward  the  earth,  and  wor- 
shipped. 

9  And  he  said,  If  now  I  have  found 
grace  in  thy  sight,  0  Lord,   let  my 
Lord,  I  pray  thee,  go  among  us ;   for 
it  is  a  stiff-necked  people ;   and  thou 
wilt  pardon  our  iniquity  and  our  sin, 
and  take  us  for  thine  inheritance. 

10  And  he  said,  Behold,  I  make  a 
covenant:   before  all  thy  people  I  will 
do  marvels,   such  as  have  not  been 
done  in  all  the  earth,    nor  in  any  na- 
tion :   and  all  the  people  among  which 
thou  art  shall  see  the  work  of  the 
LORD:    for  it  is  a  wonderful  thing 
that  I  will  do  with  thee. 

11  Observe  thou  that  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day:  behold,  I  drive 


out  before  thee  the  Amorite,  and  the 
Canaanite,  and  the  Hittite,  and  the 
Perizzite,  and  the  Hivite,  and  the 
Jebusite. 

12  Take  heed  to  thyself,  lest  thou 
make  a  covenant  with  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land  whither  thou  goest,  lest  it 
be  for  a  snare  in  the  midst  of  thee : 

13  But  ye  shall  destroy  their  altars, 
break  their   images,    and   cut   down 
their  groves : 

14  For  thou  shalt  worship  no  other 
god:  for  the  LORD,  whose  name  is 
Jealous,  is  a  jealous  God. 

15  Lest  thou  make  a  covenant  with 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  and  they 
go  worshipping   their   gods,  and   do 
sacrifice  unto  their  gods,  and  will  call 
thee,  and  thou  eat  of  their  sacrifice ; 

16  And  thou  take  of  their  daughters 
unto  thy  sons,  and  their  daughters  go 
worshipping  their  gods,  and  make  thy 
sons  go  after  their  gods. 

17  Thou  shalt  make  thee  no  molten 
images  to  worship  them. 

'18  The  feast  of  unleavened  bread 
shalt  thou  keep.  Seven  days  thou 
shalt  eat  unleavened  bread,  as  I  com- 
manded thee,  in  the  time  of  the  month 
Abib:  for  in  the  month  Abib  thou 
earnest  out  from  Egypt. 

19  Every   firstborn   is    mine;     and 
every  firstling  among  thy  cattle,  wheth- 
er ox  or  sheep,  that  is  ni^le. 

20  But  the  firstling  of  an  ass  thou 
shalt  redeem  with  a  lamb.     All  the 
firstborn  of  thy  sons  thou  shalt  re- 
deem.    And  none  shall  appear  before 
me  empty. 

21  Six  days  thou  shalt  work,  but  on 
the   seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest :  in 
earing  time  and  m  harvest  thou  shalt 
rest. 

22  And  thou  shalt  observe  the  feast 
of  weeks,  of  the  firstfruits  of  wheat 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 


EXODUS. 


I  harvest,  and  the  feast  of  ingathering 
I   at  the  year's  end. 

23  Thrice  in  the  year  shall  all  your 
I  men  appear  before  the  Lord  GOD,  the 

God  of  Israel. 

24  For  I  will  cast  out  the  nations 
j    before  thee,  and  enlarge  thy  borders: 
I    neither  shall  any  man  desire  thy  land, 

!    when  thou  shalt  go  up  to  appear  before 
the  LORD  thy  God  thrice  in  the  year. 

25  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of 
my  sacrifice  with  leaven ;  neither  shall 

>    the  sacrifice  of  the  feast  of  the  passover 
be  left  unto  the  morning. 

26  The  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy 
land  thou  shalt  bring  unto  the  house 
of  the  LORD  thy  God.     Thou  shalt 
not  seethe  a  kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

27  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Write  thou  these  words :  for  after  the 
tenor  of  these  words  I  have  made  a 
covenant  with  thee  and  with  Israel. 

28  And  he  was  there  with  the  LORD 
forty  days  and  forty  nights  ;  he  did 
neither  eat  bread,   nor  drink  water. 
And  he  wrote  upon  the   tables   the 
words  of  the  covenant,  the  ten  com- 
mandments. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
came  down  from  mount  Sinai  with  the 
two   tables    of   testimony   in   Moses' 
hand,  when  he  came  down  from  the 
mount,  that  Moses  knew  not  that  the 
skin  of  his  face  shone  while  one  talked 
with  him. 

30  And  when  Aaron   and   all   the 
children  of  Israel  saw  Moses,  behold, 
the  skin  of  his  face  shone ;  and  they 
were  afraid  to  come  nigh  him. 

31  And  Moses  called   unto   them; 
and  Aaron  and  all  the  rulers  of  the 
congregation  returned  unto  him  :  and 
Moses  talked  with  them. 

32  And  afterward  all  the   children 
of  Israel  came  nigh :  and  he  gave  them 


in  commandment   all  tl          le  LORD 
had  spoken  with  him  in         t'nt  Sinai. 

33  And  till  Moses  ha         ne  speak- 
ing with  them,  he  puV        eil  on  his 
face. 

34  But  when  Moses  went  in  before 
the  LORD  to  speak  with  him,  he  took 
the  veil  off,  until  he  came  out.     And 
he    came   out,    and   spoke   unto   the 
children  of  Israel  that  which  he  was 
commanded. 

35  And  the  children  of  Israel  saw 
the  face  of  Moses,  that  the  skin  of 
Moses'  face  shone :  and  Moses  put  the 
veil  upon  his  face  again,  until  he  went 
in  to  speak  with  God. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

A  ND  Moses  gathered  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of   Israel 
together,  and  said  unto  them,  These 
are  the  words  which  the  LORD  hath 
commanded,  that  ye  should  do  them. 

2  Six  days  shall  work  be  done,  but 
on  the  seventh  day  there  shall  be  to 
you  a  holy  day,  a  Sabbath  of  rest  to 
the   LORD  :    whosoever   doeth  work 
therein  shall  be  put  to  death. 

3  Ye  shall  kindle  no  fire  throughout 
your  habitations   upon    the  Sabbath 
day. 

4  And  Moses  spoke  unto  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  This  is  the  thing  which  the 
LORD  commanded,  saying, 

5  Take  ye  from  among  you  an  offer- 
ing unto  the  LORD  :  whosoever  is  of 
a  willing  heart,  let  him  bring  it,  an 
offering  of  the  LORD  ;  gold,  and  sil- 
ver, and  brass, 

6  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  fine  linen,  and  goats'  hair, 

7  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,   and 
badgers'  skins,  and  cedar  wood, 

8  And  oil  for  the  light,  and  spices 


94 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 


for  anointing  oil,   and  for  the  sweet 
incense, 

9  And  onyx  stones,  and  stones  to 
be  set  for  the   ephod,    and   for  the 
breastplate. 

10  And  every  wise  hearted  among 
you  shall  come,  and  make  all  that  the 
LORD  hath  commanded  ; 

11  The  tabernacle,  his  tent,  and  his 
covering,  his  taches,  and  his  boards, 
his  bars,  his  pillars,  and  his  sockets ; 

l2i  The  ark,  and  the  staves  thereof, 
with  the  mercy  seat,  and  the  veil  of 
the  covering  ; 

13  The  table,  and  his  staves,   and 
all  his  vessels,  and  the  shewbread  ; 

14  The  candlestick  also  for  the  light, 
and  his  furniture,  and  his  lamps,  with 
the  oil  for  the  light ; 

15  And  the  incense  altar,   and  his 
staves,  and  the  anointing  oil,  and  the 
sweet  incense,   and  the  hanging  for 
the  door  at  the   entering  in  of   the 
tabernacle ; 

16  The  altar  of  burnt  offering,  with 
his  brazen  grate,  his  staves,  and  all 
his  vessels,  the  laver  and  his  foot ; 

17  The  hangings  of  the  court,  his 
pillars,   and   their   sockets,    and   the 
hanging  for  the  door  of  the  court ; 

18  The  pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
the  pins  of  the  court,  and  their  cords : 

19  The  clothes  of  service,  to  do  ser- 
vice in  the  holy  place,  the  holy  gar- 
ments for  Aaron  the  priest,  and  the 
garments  of  his  sons,  to  minister  in 
the  priest's  office. 

20  And  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  departed  from  the 
presence  of  Moses. 

21  And  they  came,  every  one  whose 
heart  stirred  him  up,  and  every  one 
whom  his  spirit  made  willing,  and  they 
brought  the  LORD'S  offering  to  the 
work  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 


gation, and  for  all  his  service,  and  for 
the  holy  garments. 

22  And  they  came,  both  men  and 
women,    as   many    as    were    willing 
hearted,  and  brought  bracelets,  and 
earrings,  and  rings,  and   tablets,  all 
jewels  of  gold :    and  every  man  that 
offered,  offered  an  offering  of  gold  unto 
the  LORD. 

23  And  every  man,  with  whom  was 
found  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  fine   linen,  and  goats'  hair,  and 
red  skins  of  rams,  and  badgers'  skins, 
brought  them. 

24  Every  one  that  did  offer  an  offer- 
ing of  silver  and  brass  brought  the 
LORD'S  offering:  and  every  man,  with 
whom  was  found  cedar  wood  for  any 

1  work  of  the  service,  brought  it. 

I    25  And  all  the   women   that  were   ^ 
wise  hearted  did  spin  with  their  hands, 
and  brought  that  which  they  had  spun, 
both  of  blue,  and  of  purple,  and  of 
scarlet,  and  of  fine  linen. 

26  And  all  the  women  whose  heart 
stirred  them  up  in  wisdom  spun  goats' 
hair. 

27  And   the   rulers    brought    onyx 
stones,  and  stones  to  be  set,  for  the 
ephod,  and  for  the  breastplate  ; 

28  And  spice,  and  oil  for  the  light, 
and  for  the  anointing  oil,  and  for  the 
sweet  incense. 

29  The  children  of  Israel  brought  a 
willing  offering  unto  the  LORD,  every 
man  and  woman,  whose  heart  made 
them  willing  to  bring  for  all  manner 

I  of  work,  which  the  LORD  had  com- 
manded to  be  made  by  the  hand  of 
Moses. 

30  And  Moses  said  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  See,  the  LORD  hath  called 
by  name  Bezaleel  the  son  of  Uri,  the 
son  of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah  ; 

31  And  he  hath  filled  him  with  the 


CHAPTER  XXX. 


EXODUS. 


95 


spirit  of  God,  in  wisdom,  in  under- 
standing, and  in  knowledge,  and  in 
all  manner  of  workmanship  ; 
*32  And  to  devise  curious  works,  to 
work  in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in 
brass, 

33  And  in  the  cutting  of  stones,  to 
set  them,  and  in  carving  of  wood,  to 
make  any  manner  of  cunning  work. 

34  And  he  hath  put  in  his  heart  that 
he  may  teach,  both  he,  and  Aholiab, 
the  son  of  Ahisamach,  of  the  tribe  of 
Dan. 

35  Them  hath  he  filled  with  wisdom 
of  heart,  to  work  all  manner  of  work, 
of  the  engraver,  and  of  the  cunning 
workman,  and  of  the  embroiderer,  in 
blue,  and  in  purple,  in  scarlet,  and  in 
fine  linen,  and  of  the  weaver,  even  of 
them  that  do  any  work,  and  of  those 
that  devise  cunning  work. 

36  Then  wrought  Bezaleel  and  Aho- 
liab, and  every  wise  hearted  man,  in 
whom  the  LORD  put  wisdom  and  un- 
derstanding to  know  how  to  work  all 
manner  of  work  for  the  service  of  the 
sanctuary,  according  to  all  that  the 
LORD  had  commanded. 

37  And  Moses  called  Bezaleel  and 
Aholiab,  and  every  wise  hearted  man, 
in  whose  heart  the  LORD   had   put 
wisdom,  even  every  one  whose  heart 
stirred  him  up  to  come  unto  the  work 
to  do  it : 

38  And  they  received  of  Moses  all  the 
offering,  which  the  children  of  Israel 
had  brought  for  the  work  of  the  ser- 
vice  of  the    sanctuary,    to   make    it 
withal.     And  they  brought  yet  unto 
him  free  offerings  every  morning. 

39  And  all  the  wise  men,  that  wrought 
all  the  work  of  the  sanctuary,  came 
every  man  from  his  work  which  they 
made  ; 

40  And  they  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 


ing, The  people  bring  much  more  than 
enough  for  the  service  of  the  work, 
which  the  LORD  commanded  to  make. 

41  And  Moses  gave  commandment, 
and  they  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed 
throughout   the   camp,     saying,    Let 
neither  man    nor   woman   make    any 
more   work   for   the    offering   of   the 
sanctuary.     So  the    people  were  re- 
strained from  bringing. 

42  For  the  stuff  they  had  was  suffi- 
cient for  all  the  work  to  make  it,  and 
too  much. 

43  And    every    wise   hearted   man 
among  them  wrought  the  work  of  the 
tabernacle  of  fine  twined  linen,  and 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet:    with 
cherubim  of  cunning  work  made  he 
them. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

A  ND  Bezaleel  made  the  ark  of  cedar 

wood  :  two  cubits  and  a  half  was 

the  length  of  ^it,  and  a  cubit  and  a 

half  the  breadth  of  it,  and  a  cubit  and 

a  half  the  height  of  it : 

2  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold 
within  and  without,  and  made  a  crowo 
of  gold  to  it  round  about. 

3  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of 
gold,  to  be  set  by  the  four  corners  of 
it :  even  two  rings  upon  the  one  side 
of  it,  and  two  rings  upon  the  other 
side  of  it. 

4  And    he   made   staves    of   cedar 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold. 

5  And  he  put  the  staves  into  the 
rings  by  the  sides  of  the  ark,  to  bear 
the  ark. 

6  And  he  made  the  mercy  seat  of 
pure  gold  :  two  cubits  and  a  half  was 
the  length  thereof,  and  one  cubit  and 
a  half  the  breadth  thereof. 

7  And  he  made  two   cherubim   of 
gold,  beaten  out  of  one  piece  made  he 


96 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXX. 


them,  on  the  two  ends  of  the  merc^ 
seat; 

8  One  cherub  on  the  end  on  this 
side,  and  another  cherub  on  the  other 
end  on  that   side :   out  of  the  mercy 
seat  made  he  the  cherubim  on  the  two 
ends  thereof. 

9  And  the  cherubim  spread  out  their 
wings  on  high,  and  covered  with  their 
wings  over  the  mercy  seat,  their  faces 
turned  one  to  another;  even  toward 
the  mercy  seat  were  the  faces  of  the 
cherubim. 

10  And  he  made  the  table  of  cedar 
wood :  two  cubits  was  the  length  there- 
of, and  a  cubit  the  breadth  thereof, 
and   a  cubit  and  a  half  the  height 
thereof : 

11  And   he   overlaid  it   with   pure 
gold,  and  made  thereunto  a  crown  of 
gold  round  about. 

12  Also  he  made  thereunto  a  border 
of  a  handbreadth  round  about;  and 
made  a  crown  of  gold  for  the  border 
thereof  round  about. 

13  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of 
gold,  and  put  the  rings  upon  the  four 
corners   that   were   in   the  four  feet 
thereof. 

14  Over  against  the  border  were  the 
rings,  the  places  for  the  staves  to  bear 
the  table. 

15  And  he  made  the  staves  of  cedar 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold,  to 
bear  the  table. 

16  And  he  made  the  vessels  which 
were  upon  the  table,  his  dishes,  and 
spoons,  and  his  bowls,  and  his  covers 
to  cover  withal,  of  pure  gold. 

17  And  he  made  the  candlestick  of 
pure  gold :   of  beaten  work  made  he 
the  candlestick  ;    his  shaft,   and  his 
branches,  his  bowls,  his  knops,  and  his 
flowers,  were  of  the  same : 

18  And  six  branches  going  out  of 


the  sides  thereof;  three  branches  of 
the  candlestick  out  of  the  one  side 
thereof,  and  three  branches  of  the 
candlestick  out  of  the  other  side 
thereof : 

19  Three    bowls    made    after    the 
fashion  of  almonds  in  one  branch,  a 
knop  and  a  flower ;  and  three  bowls 
made  like  almonds  in  another  branch, 
a  knop  and  a  flower :   so  throughout 
the    six  branches   going   out   of  the 
candlestick. 

20  And  in  the  candlestick  were  four 
bowls  made  like  almonds,  his  knops, 
and  his  flowers : 

21  And  a  knop  under  two  branches 
of  the   same,  and  a  knop  under  two 
branches  of  the  same,  and  a  knop  un- 
der two  branches  of  the  same,  accord- 
ing to  the  six  branches  going  out  of  it. 

22  Their  knops  and  their  branches 
were  of  the  same :  all  of  it  was  one 
beaten  work  of  pure  gold. 

23  And  he  made  his  seven  lamps, 
and  his  snuffers,  and  his  snuffdishes, 
of  pure  gold. 

24  Of  a  talent  of  pure  gold  made  he 
it,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof. 

25  And  he  made  the  incense  altar  of 
cedar  wood :  the  length  of  it  was  a 
cubit,  and  the  breadth  of  it  a  cubit ; 
it  was  four-square  ;     and  two  cubits 
was  the  height  of  it ;  the  horns  thereof 
were  of  the  same. 

26  And  he   overlaid   it   with  pure 
gold,  both  the  top  of  it,  and  the  sides 
thereof  round  about,  and  the  horns  of 
it :  also  he  made  unto  it  a  crown  of 
gold  round  about. 

27  And  he  made  two  rings  of  gold  for 
it  under  the  crown  thereof,  by  the  two 
corners   of   it,    upon   the   two    sides 
thereof,  to  be  places  for  the  staves  to 
bear  it  withal. 


CHAPTER  XXXI. 


EXODUS. 


97 


28  And  he  made  the  staves  of  cedar 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold. 

29  And  he  made  the  holy  anointing 
oil,   and  the  pure  incense  of   sweet 
spices,  according  to  the  work  of  the 
apothecary. 

30  And  he  made  the  altar  of  burnt 
offering  of   cedar  wood :    five   cubits 
was  the  length  thereof,  and  five  cubits 
the   breadth   thereof;     it   was   four- 
square ;   and  three  cubits  the  height 
thereof. 

31  And  he  made  the  horns  thereof 
on  the  four  corners  of  it ;  the  horns 
thereof  were  of  the   same:    and  he 
overlaid  it  with  brass. 

32  And  he  made  all  the  vessels  of 
the  altar,  the  pots,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  basins,  and  the   fleshhooks, 
and  the  firepans :  all  the  vessels  thereof 
made  he  of  brass. 

33  And  of  the  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  they  made  clothes  of  service, 
to  do  service  in  the  holy  place,  and 
made  the  holy  garments  for  Aaron ; 
as  the  LOUD  commanded  Moses. 

34  And  he  made  the  ephod  of  gold, 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
twined  linen. 

35  And  they  did  beat  the  gold  into 
thin  plates,  and  cut  it  into  wires,   to 
work  it  in  the  blue,  and  in  the  purple, 
and  in  the  scarlet,   and  in  the  fine 
linen;  with  cunning  work. 

36  And  they  made  coats  of  fine  linen 
of  woven  work  for  Aaron,  and  for  his 
sons, 

37  And   a  mitre  of  fine  linen,  and 
goodly  bonnets  of  fine  linen,  and  linen 
breeches  of  fine  twined  linen, 

38  And  a  girdle  of  fine  twined  linen, 
and  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  of 
needlework ;  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses. 

39  And  they  made  the  plate  of  the 


holy  crown  of  pure  gold,  and  wrote 
upon  it  a  writing,  like  to  the  engrav- 
ings of  a  signet,  HOLY  TO  THE  LORD. 

40  And  they  tied  unto  it  a  lace  of 
blue,  to  fasten  it  on  high  upon  the 
mitre ;     as    the    LORD    commanded 
Moses. 

41  Thus  was  all  the  work  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  tent  of  the  congrega- 
tion  finished  :     and   the   children  of 
Israel  did  according  to  all  that  the 
LORD  commanded  Moses,  so  did  they. 

42  And  they  brought  the  tabernacle 
unto  Moses,  and  he  did  look  upon  all 
the  work,  and,  behold,  they  had  done 
it  as  the  LORD  had  commanded,  even 
so  had  they  done  it :  and  Moses  blessed 
them. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  On  the  first  day  of  the  first  month 
shalt  thou  set  up  the  tabernacle  of  the 
tent  of  the  congregation. 

3  And  thou  shalt  bring  Aaron  and 
his  sons  unto  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  and  wash 
them  with  water. 

4  And  thou  shalt  put  upon  Aaron 
the  holy  garments,  and  anoint  him, 
and  sanctify  him  ;  that  he  may  minis- 
ter unto  me  in  the  priest's  office. 

5  And  thou    shalt   bring  his  sons, 
and  clothe  them  with  coats : 

6  And  thou  shalt  anoint  them,  as 
thou  didst  anoint  their  father,  that 
they  may  minister  unto   me   in   the 
priest's  office  :  for  their  anointing  shall 
surely  be   an   everlasting   priesthood 
throughout  the  generations. 

7  Thus  did  Moses :   according  to  all 
that  the  LORD  commanded  him,   so 
did  he. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  first 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  XXXI. 


month  in  the  second  year,  on  the  first 
day  of  the  month,  that  the  tabernacle 
was  reared  up. 

9  And  Moses  reared  up  the  taber- 
nacle, and  fastened  his  sockets,  and 
set  up  the  boards  thereof,  and  put  in 
the  bars  thereof,  and  reared  up  his 
pillars. 

10  And  he  spread  abroad  the  tent 
over  the  tabernacle,  and  put  the  cov- 
ering of  the  tent  above  upon  it;    as 
the  LORD  commanded  Moses. 

11  And  he  took  and  put  the  testi- 
mony into  the  ark,  and  set  the  staves 
on  the  ark,   and  put  the  mercy  seat 
above  upon  the  ark  : 

12  And  he  brought  the  ark  into  the 
tabernacle,  and  set  up  the  veil  of  the 
covering,  and  covered  the  ark  of  the 
testimony  ;  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses. 

13  And  he  put  the  table  in  the  tent 
of  the  congregation,  upon  the  side  of 
the  tabernacle  northward,  without  the 
veil. 

14  And  he  set  the  bread  in  order 
upon  it  before  the  LORD  ;  as  the  LORD 
had  commanded  Moses. 

15  And  he  put  the  candlestick  in 
the  tent   of   the    congregation,    over 
against  the  table,  on  the  side  of  the 
tabernacle  southward. 

16  And  he  lighted  the  lamps  before 
the  LORD  ;  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses. 

17  And  he  put  the  golden  altar  in 
the  tent  of  the  congregation  before 
the  veil : 

18  And    he    burnt    sweet    incense 
thereon;    as   the   LORD   commanded 
Moses. 


19  And  he  set  up  the  hanging  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle. 

20  And  he  put  the  altar  of  burnt 
offering  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  tent  of  the  congregation,  and 
offered  upon  it  the  burnt  offering  and 
the  meat  offering  ;  as  the  LORD  com- 
manded Moses. 

21  And  he  set  the  laver  between  the 
tent  of  the  congregation  and  the  altar, 
and  put  water  there,  to  wash  withal. 

22  And  Moses  and  Aaron  and  his 
sons  washed    their  hands   and   their 
feet  thereat : 

23  When  they  went  into  the  tent  of 
the  congregation,  and  when  they  came 
near  unto  the  altar,  they  washed  ;  as 

|  the  LORD  commanded  Moses. 
j    24  And  he  reared  up  the  court  round 
I  about  the  tabernacle  and  the   altar, 
|  and  set  up  the  hanging  of  the  court 
I  gate.     So  Moses  finished  the  work. 
'    25  Then  a  cloud  covered  the  tent  of 
|  the  congregation,  and  the  glory  of  the 
LORD  filled  the  tabernacle. 

26  And  Moses  was  not  able  to  enter 
|  into  the  tent  of  the  congregation,  be- 
|  cause  the  cloud  abode  thereon,  and 
|  the  glory  of  the  LORD  filled  the  tab- 
:  ernacle. 

|    27  And  when  the  cloud  was  taken 
up   from   over    the    tabernacle,    the 
I  children  of  Israel  went  onward  in  all 
their  journeys : 

|    28  But  if  the  cloud  were  not  taken 
|  up,  then  they  journeyed  not  till  the 
day  that  it  was  taken  up. 
I    29  For  the  cloud  of  the  LORD  was 
upon  the  tabernacle  by  day,  and  a 
pillar  of  fire  was  on  it  by  night,  in  the 
sight   of    all   the    house    of    Israel, 
throughout  all  their  journeys. 


LEVITICUS, 

CALLED   THE   THIBD   BOOK   OF  MOSES. 


CHAPTER  I. 


A  ND  the  LORD  called  unto  Moses, 

and   spake  unto  him  out  of  the 

tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  saying, 

2  Take  Aaron  and  his  sons  with  him, 
and  the  garments,  and  the  anointing 
oil,  and  a  bullock  for  the  sin  offering, 
and  two  rams,  and  a  basket  of  unleav- 
ened bread ; 

3  And  gather  thou  all  the  congrega- 
tion together  unto  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

4  And  Moses  did  as  the  LORD  com- 
manded him ;    and  the  assembly  was 
gathered  together  unto  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

5  And  Moses  said  unto  the  congre- 
gation,  This  is  the  thing  which  the 
LORD  commanded  to  be  done. 

6  And    Moses   brought  Aaron  and 
his  sons,  and  washed  them  with  water. 

7  And  he  put  upon  him  the  coat, 
and  girded  him  with  the  girdle,  and 
clothed  him  with  the  robe,  and  put 
the  ephod  upon  him,  and  he  girded 
him  with  the  curious  girdle  of  the 
ephod,  and  bound  it  unto  him  there- 
with. 

8  And  he  put  the  breastplate  upon 
him:    also  he  put  in  the  breastplate 
the  Urim  and  the  Thummim. 

9  And  he  put  the  mitre  upon  his 
head ;  also  upon  the  mitre,  even  upon 
his  forefront,  did  he  put  the  golden 
plate,  the  holy  crown ;    as  the  LORD 
commanded  Moses. 


10  And  Moses  took  the  anointing 
oil,  and  anointed  the  tabernacle  and 
all  that  was  therein,   and  sanctified 
them. 

11  And  he  sprinkled  thereof  upon 
the  altar  seven  times,  and  anointed 
the  altar  and  all  his  vessels,  both  the 
laver  and  his  foot,  to  sanctify  them. 

12  And  he  poured  of  the  anointing 
oil  upon  Aaron's  head,  and  anointed 
him,  to  sanctify  him. 

13  And  Moses  brought  Aaron's  sons, 
and  put  coats  upon  them,  and  girded 
them  with  girdles,   and   put  bonnets 
upon  them ;  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses. 

14  And  he  brought  the  bullock  for 
the  sin  offering:   and  Aaron  and  his 
sons  laid  their  hands  upon  the  head 
of  the  bullock  for  the  sin  offering. 

15  And  he  brought  the  ram  for  the 
burnt  offering:    and  Aaron  and   his 
sons  laid  Iheir  hands  upon  the  head 
of  the  ram. 

16  And  he  slew  it,  and  Moses  burnt 
the  whole  upon  the  altar:    it  was  a 
burnt  sacrifice  for  a  sweet  savour,  and 
an   offering   made    by   fire  unto  the 
LORD;  as  the  LORD  commanded  Moses. 

17  And  he  brought  the  other  ram, 
the  ram  of  consecration :    and  Aaron 
and  his  sons  laid  their  hands  upon  the 
head  of  the  ram,  and  he  killed  it,  and 
Moses  sprinkled  the  blood  round  about 
the  altar. 

18  And  out  of  the  basket  of  unleav- 


100 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  II. 


•ened  bread,  that  was  before  the  LORD, 
lie  took  one  unleavened  cake,  and  a 
•cake  of  oiled  bread,  and  one  wafer, 
and  put  them  all  upon  Aaron's  hands, 
and  upon  his  sons'  hands,  arid  waved 
them  for  a  wave  offering  before  the 
LORD. 

19  And  Moses  took  them  from  off 
their  hands, and  burnt  them  on  the  altar 
-upon  the  burnt  offering :  they  were  con- 
secrations for  a  sweet  savour:  it  is  an 
offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  LORD. 

20  And  Moses  took  of  the  anointing  j 
oil,  and  sprinkled  it  upon  Aaron,  and  I 
upon  his  garments,  and  upon  his  sons,  I 
and   upon    his   sons'  garments,   with 
liim;    and  sanctified  Aaron,  and  his 
garments,  and  his  sons,  and  his  sons' 
garments  with  him. 

21  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron  and 
to  his  sons,  Boil  the  flesh  at  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation ; 
and  there  eat  it  with  the  bread  that 
is  in  the  basket  of  consecrations,  as  I 
commanded,    saying,   Aaron  and  his 
sons  shall  eat  it. 

22  And  that  which  remaineth  of  the 
flesh  and  of  the  bread  shall  ye  burn 
with  fire. 

23  And  ye  shall  not  go  out  of  the  | 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation in  seven  days,  until  ^e  days  of 
your  consecration  be  at  an  end :    for 
seven  days  shall  he  consecrate  you. 

24  As  he  hath  done  this  day,  so  the 
LORD  hath  commanded  to  do,  to  make 
an  atonement  for  you. 

25  Therefore  shall  ye  abide  at  the 
•door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation day  and  night  seven  days,  and 
ieep  the  charge  of  the  LORD,  that  ye 
die  not :  for  so  I  am  commanded. 

26  So  Aaron  and  his  sons  did  all 
things  which  the  LORD  commanded 
$>y  the  hand  of  Moses. 


CHAPTER  II. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  on  the  eighth 
day,  that  Moses  called  Aaron  and 
his  sons,  and  the  elders  of  Israel ; 

2  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  Go 
unto  the  altar,  and  offer  thy  sin  offer- 
ing, and  thy  burnt  offering,  and  make 
an  atonement  for  thyself,  and  for  the 
people :   and  offer  the  offering  of  the 
people,    and  make  an  atonement  for 
them  ;  as  the  LORD  commanded. 

3  Aaron   therefore    went   unto    the 
altar,   and   slew  the   calf  of  the   sin 
offering,  which  was  for  himself. 

4  And  he  brought  the  people's  offer- 
ing, and  took  the  goat,  which  was  the 
sin  offering  for  the  people,  and  slew 
it,  and  offered  it  for  sin,  as  the  first. 

5  And  he  brought  the  burnt  offering, 
and  offered  it  according  to  the  manner. 

6  A  nd  he  brought  the  meat  offering, 
and  took  a  handful  thereof,  and  burnt 
it  upon  the  altar,  besides  the  burnt 
sacrifice  of  the  morning. 

7  He  slew  also  the  bullock  and  the 
ram  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
which  was  for  the  people :   and  Aaron's 
sons  presented  unto  him  the   blood, 
which   he   sprinkled   upon   the  altar 
round  about. 

8  And  Aaron  lifted  up  his  hand  to- 
ward the  people,  and  blessed  them; 
and  came  down  from  offering  of  the 
sin  offering,  and  the  burnt  offering, 
and  peace  offerings. 

9  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  into 
the   tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
and  came  out,  and  blessed  the  people : 
and  the  glory  of  the  LORD  appeared 
unto  all  the  people. 

10  And  there  came  a  fire  out  from 
before  the  LORD,  and  consumed  upon 
the  altar  the  burnt  offering  and  the 


CHAPTER  II. 


LEVITICUS. 


101 


fat:  which  when  all  the  people  saw, 

they  shouted,  and  fell  on  their  faces, 

ll  And  Nadab  and  Abihu,  the  sons 

of    Aaron,    took   each  of    them   his 


20  -And  !ihat  ye,  may  .put  difference 
between,  holy.  .  apd.  unholy,   and  be- 
tween uucleaa°anc(  clean-  ;;  : 

21  And  that  ye  may  teach  the  chil- 


censer,  and  put  fire  therein,  and  put   dren  of  Israel  all  the  statutes  which 


incense  thereon,  and  offered  strange 
fire  before  the  LORD,  which  he  com- 
manded them  not. 

12  And  there  went  out  fire  from  the 
LORD,  and  devoured  them,  and  they 
died  before  the  LORD. 

13  Then  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  This 
is  it  that  the  LORD  spake,  saying,  I 
will   be  sanctified   in  them   that  are 
near  me,  and  before  all  the  people  I 
will  be  glorified.    And  Aaron  held  his 
peace. 

14  And  Moses  called   Mishael  and 
Elzaphan,  the  sons  of  Uzziel  the  uncle 
of  Aaron,  and  said  unto  them,  Come 
near,  carry  your  brethren  from  before 
the  sanctuary  out  of  the  camp. 

15  So  they  Went  near,  and  carried 
them  in  their  coats  out  of  the  camp ; 
as  Moses  had  said. 

16  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  and 
unto  Eleazar  and  unto  Ithamar,  his 
sons,  Uncover  not  your  heads,  neither 
rend  your  clothes ;  lest  ye  die,  and  lest 
wrath  come  upon  all  the  people :    but 
let  your  brethren,  the  whole  house  of 
Israel,  bewail  the  burning  which  the 
LORD  hath  kindled. 

17  And  ye  shall  not  go  out  from  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, lest  ye  die :   for  the  anointing 
oil  of  the  LORD  is  upon  you.   And  they 
did  according  to  the  word  of  Moses. 

18  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Aaron, 
saying, 

19  Do   not   drink   wine   nor  strong 
drink,  thou,  nor  thy  sons  with  thee, 
when  ye  go  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation :   it  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  throughout  your  ge*neratioDs: 


the  LORD  hath  spoken  unto  them  by 
the  mouth  of  Moses. 

22  And  Moses  spake  unto  Aarorr, 
and  unto  Eleazar  and  unto  Ithamar^ 
his  sons,  that  were  left,  Take  the  meat 
offering  that  remaineth  of  the  offerings 
of  the  LORD  made  by  fire,  and  eat  it 
without  leaven  beside  the  altar :  for  it 
is  most  holy. 

23  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in  the  holy 
place,  because  it  is  thy  due,  and  thy 
sons'  due,  of  the  sacrifices  of  the  LORD 
made    by    fire:    for    so   I    am   com- 
manded. 

24  And  Moses  diligently  sought  the 
goat  of  the  sin  offering,   and,  behold, 
it  was  burnt :   and  he  was  angry  with 
Eleazar   and   Ithamar,    the    sons    of 
Aaron  which  were  left  alive,  saying, 

25  Wherefore  have  ye  not  eaten  the 
sin  offering  in  the  holy  place,   seeing 
it  is  most  holy,  and  Grod  hath  given  it 
you  to  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  congre- 
gation, to  make  atonement  for  them 
before  the  LORD  ? 

26  Behold,  the  blood  of  it  was  not 
brought  in  within  the  holy  place :   ye 
should  indeed  have  eaten  it  in  the  holy 
place,  as  I  commanded. 

27  And  Aaron  said  unto  Moses,  Be- 
hold, this  day  have  they  offered  their 
sin  offering  and  their  burnt  offering: 
before  the  LORD;    and  such  thing* 
have  befallen  me :   and  if  I  had  eateiv 
the  sin  offering  to  day,  should  it  have 
been   accepted    in   the    sight   of   the 
LORD? 

28  And  when  Moses  heard  that,  he 
was  content. 


102 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  III. 


CHAPTER  III.  * 

A  ND  tHe-  Lpnn  '.spate  unto  Moses 
and  to  Aaron;  saying  unto  them, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  These  are  the  beasts  which  ye 
shall  eat  among  all  the  beasts  that  are 
on  the  earth. 

3  Whatsoever  parteth  the  hoof,  and 
is  clovenfooted,  and  cheweth  the  cud, 
among  the  beasts,  that  shall  ye  eat. 

4  Nevertheless,  these  shall  ye  not  eat 
of  them  that  chew  the  cud,  or  of  them 
that  divide  the  hoof:    as  the  camel, 
because  he  cheweth  the  cud,  but  di- 
videth  not  the  hoof ;    he  is  unclean 
unto  you. 

5  And  the  coney,  because  he  cheweth 
the  cud,  but  divideth  not  the  hoof; 
he  is  unclean  unto  you. 

6  And  the  hare,  because  he  cheweth 
the  cud,  but  divideth  not  the  hoof ;  he 
is  unclean  unto  you. 

7  And  the  swine,  though  he  divide 
the  hoof,  and  be  clovenfooted,  yet  he 
cheweth  not  the  cud ;  he  is  unclean  to 
you. 

8  Of  their  flesh  shall  ye  not  eat,  and 
their  carcass  shall  ye  not  touch ;  they 
are  unclean  to  you. 

9  These  shall  ye  eat  of  all  that  are 
in  the  waters:    whatsoever  hath  fins 
and  scales  in  the  waters,  in  the  seas, 
and  in  the  rivers,  them  shall  ye  eat. 

10  And  all  that  have  not  fins  and 
scales  in  the  seas,  and  in  the  rivers, 
of  all  that  move  in  the  waters,  and  of 
any  living  thing  which  is  in  the  waters, 
they   shall   be    an  abomination  unto 
you: 

11  They  shall  be  even  an  abomin- 
ation unto  you;    ye  shall  not  eat  of 
their  flesh,   and  ye   shall  have  their 
carcasses  in  abomination. 

12  Whatsoever   hath    no    fins    nor 


scales  in  the  waters,  that  shall  be  an 
abomination  unto  you. 

13  And  these  are  they  which  ye  shall 
I  have  in  abomination  among  the  fowls  ; 

I  they  shall  not  be  eaten,  they  are  an 
I  abomination :  the  eagle,  and  the  ossi- 
I  frage,  and  the  ospray, 

14  And  the  vulture,   and  the  kite 
i  after  his  kind  ; 

15  Every  raven  after  his  kind ; 

16  And  the  owl,  and  the  nighthawk, 

I  and  the  cuckoo,  and  the  hawk  after 
!  his  kind, 

17  And  the  little  owl,  and  the  cor- 
morant, and  the  great  owl, 

18  And  the  swan,  and  the  pelican, 
and  the  gier  eagle, 

19  And  the  stork,  the  heron  after 
her  kind,  and  the  lapwing,  and  the 
bat. 

20  All  fowls  that  kreep,  going  upon 
all  four,  shall  be  an  abomination  unto 
you. 

21  Yet  these  may  ye  eat  of  every 
flying  creeping  thing  that  goeth  upon 
all  four,  which  have  legs  above  their 
feet,  to  leap  withal  upon  the  earth ; 

22  Even  these  of  them  ye  may  eat ; 
the  locust  after  his  kind,  and  the  bald 
locust  after  his  kind,  and  the  beetle 
after  his  kind,  and  the  grasshopper 
after  his  kind. 

23  But   all    other    flying    creeping 
things,  which  have  four  feet,  shall  be 
an  abomination  unto  you. 

24  And  every  creeping  thing  that 
creepeth  upon  the  earth  shall  be  an 
abomination ;  it  shall  not  be  eaten.    , 

25  Whatsoever  goeth  upon  the  belly, 
and  whatsoever  goeth  upon  all  four, 
or  whatsoever  hath  more  feet  among 
all  creeping  things  that  creep  upon  the 
earth,  them  ye  shall  not  eat ;  for  they 
are  an  abomination. 

26  Ye    shall    not  make  yourselves 


CHAPTER  IV. 


LEVITICUS. 


103 


abominable  with  any  creeping  thing 
that  creepeth,  neither  shall  ye  make 
yourselves  unclean  with  them,  that  ye 
should  be  defiled  thereby. 

27  For  I  am  the  LORD  your  G-od : 
ye  shall  therefore  sanctify  yourselves, 
and  ye  shall  be  holy ;  for  I  am  holy : 
neither  shall  ye  defile  yourselves  with 
any  manner  of   creeping  thing   that 
creepeth  upon  the  earth. 

28  For  I  am  the  LORD  that  brought 
you  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  to  be 
your  God  :  ye  shall  therefore  be  holy, 
for  I  am  holy. 

29  This  is  the  law  of  the  beasts,  and 
of  the  fowl,  and  of  every  living  creature 
that   moveth   in   the  waters,   and  of 
every  creature  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth: 

30  To  make  a  difference  between  the 
unclean  and  the  clean,  and  between 
the  beast  that  may  be  eaten  and  the 
beast  that  may  not  be  eaten. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
after  the  death  of  the  two  sons  of 
Aaron,  when  they  offered  before  the 
LORD,  and  died  ; 

2  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Speak  unto  Aaron  thy  brother,  that 
he  come  not  at  all  times  into  the  holy 
place  within  the  veil  before  the  mercy 
seat,  which  is  upon  the  ark ;    that  he 
die  not :  for  I  will  appear  in  the  cloud 
upon  the  mercy  seat. 

3  Thus  shall  Aaron  come  into  the 
holy  place ;  with  a  young  bullock  for 
a  sin  offering,  and  a  ram  for  a  burnt 
offering. 

4  He  shall  put  on  the  holy  linen  coat, 
and  he  shall  have  the  linen  breeches 
upon  his  flesh,  and  shall  be  girded  with 
a  linen  girdle,  and  with  the  linen  mitre 
shall  he  be  attired :  these  are  the  holy 


garments ;    therefore    shall  he  wash 
his  flesh  in  water,  and  so  put  them  on. 

5  And  he  shall  take  of  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel  two 
kids  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering, 
and  one  ram  for  a  burnt  offering. 

6  And  Aaron  shall  offer  his  bullock 
of  the  sin  offering,  which  is  for  him- 
self, and  make  an  atonement  for  him- 
self, and  for  his  house. 

7  And  he  shall  take  the  two  goats, 
and  present  them  before  the  LORD  at 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

8  And  Aaron  shall  cast  lots  upon  the 
two  goats :  one  lot  for  the  LORD,  and 
the  other  lot  for  the  scapegoat 

9  And  Aaron  shall  bring  the  goat 
upon  which  the  LORD'S  lot  fell,  and 
offer  him  for  a  sin  offering. 

10  But  the  goat,  on  which  the  lot 
fell  to  be  the  scapegoat,  shall  be  pre- 
sented alive  before  the  LORD,  to  make 
an  atonement  with  him,  and  to  let 
him  go  for  a  scapegoat  into  the  wil- 
derness. 

11  And  Aaron  shall  bring  the  bul- 
lock of  his  sin  offering,  and  shall  make 
an  atonement  for  himself,  and  for  his 
house,  and  shall  kill  the  bullock  of  his 
sin  offering: 

12  And  he  shall  take  a  censer  full 
of  burning  coals  of  fire  from  off  the 
altar  before  the  LORD,  and  his  hands 
full  of  sweet  incense  beaten  small,  and 
bring  it  within  the  veil : 

13  And  he  shall  put  the  incense  upon 
the  fire  before  the  LORD,  that  the 
cloud  of  the  incense  may  cover  the 
mercy  seat  that  is  upon  the  testimony, 
that  he  die  not : 

14  And  he  shall  take  of  the  blood  of 
the  bullock,  and  sprinkle  it  with  his 
finger  upon  the  mercy  seat  eastward ; 
and  before  the  mercy  seat  shall  he 


104 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


sprinkle  of  the  blood  with  his  finger 
seven  times. 

15  Then  shall  he  kill  the  goat  of  the 
sin  offering,  that  is  for  the   people, 


shall  send  him  away  by  the  hand  of  a 
fit  man  into  the  wilderness : 

22  And  the  goat  shall  bear  upon  him 
all  their  iniquities  unto  a  land  not  in- 


and  bring  his  blood  within  the  veil,  |  habited :  and  he  shall  let  go  the  goat 
and  do  with  that  blood  as  he  did  with  |  in  the  wilderness. 
the  blood  of  the  bullock,  and  sprinkle  I    23  And  Aaron  shall  come  into  the 
it  upon  the  mercy  seat,  and  before  the  j  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,   and 
mercy  seat :  j  shall  put  off  the  linen  garments,  which 

16  And  he  shall  make  an  atonement  j  he  put  on  when  he  went  into  the  holy 
for  the  holy  place,  because  of  the  un- j  place,  and  shall  leave  them  there  : 

24  And  he  shall  wash  his  flesh 
with  water  in  the  holy  place,  and  put 
on  his  garments,  and  come  forth,  and 
offer  his  burnt  offering,  and  the  burnt 
the  i  offering  of  the  people,  and  make  an 
atonement  for  himself,  and  for  the 


cleanness  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  because  of  their  transgressions  in 
all  their  sins :  and  so  shall  he  do  for 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
that  remaineth  among  them  in 
midst  of  their  uncleanness. 

17  And  there  shall  be  no  man  in  the  j  people, 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  when  j    25  And  the  fat  of  the  sin  offering 


he  goeth  in  to  make  an  atonement  in 
the  holy  place,  until  he  come  out,  and 
have  made  an  atonement  for  himself, 
and  for  his  household,  and  for  all  the 
congregation  of  Israel. 

18  And  he  shall  go  out  unto  the 
altar  that  is  before  the  LORD,   and 
make  an  atonement  for  it ;    and  shall 
take  of  the  blood  of  the  bullock,  and 
of  the  blood  of  the  goat,  and  put  it 
upon  the  horns  of   the   altar  round 
about, 

19  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the  blood 
upon  it  with  his  finger  seven  times, 
and  cleanse  it,  and  hallow  it  from  the 
uncleanness  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

20  And  when  he  hath  made  an  end 
of  reconciling  the  holy  place,  and  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,   and 
the  altar,  he  shall  bring  the  live  goat : 

21  And   Aaron  shall  lay  both  his 
hands  upon  the  head  of  the  live  goat, 
and  confess  over  him  all  the  iniquities 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  all  their 
transgressions  in  all  their  sins,  putting 
them  upon  the  head  of  the  goat,  and 


shall  he  burn  upon  the  altar. 

26  And  he  that  bringeth  the  scape- 
goat into  the  wilderness  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  his  flesh  in  water, 
and  afterward  come  into  the  camp. 

27  And  the  bullock  for  the  sin  offer- 
ing, and  the  goat  for  the  sin  offering, 
whose  blood  was  brought  in  to  make 
atonement  in  the  holy  place,  shall  one 
carry  forth  without  the  camp ;    and 
they  shall  burn  in  the  fire  their  skins, 
and  their  flesh,  and  their  appurten- 
ance. 

28  And  he  that  burneth  them  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  his  flesh 
in  water,  and  afterward  he  shall  come 
into  the  camp. 

29  And  this  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  unto  you:    that  in  the  seventh 
month,  on  the  tenth  day  of  the  month, 
ye  shall  humble  your  souls,  and  do  no 
work  at  all,  whether  it  be  one  that  is 
homeborn,    or    a    stranger    that    so- 
journeth  among  you: 

30  For  on  that  day  he  shall  make 
an  atonement  for  you,  to  cleanse  your- 


CHAPTER  V. 


LEVITICUS. 


105 


1,  selves  from  all  your  sins,  that  ye  may 
ji  be  pure  before  the  LORD. 

I  31  It  shall  be  a  sabbath  of  rest  unto 
I  you,  and  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls : 
1  this  be  a  statute  for  ever. 

i  32  And  the  priest,  whom  he  shall 
j-  anoint,  and  whom  he  shall  consecrate 
to  minister  in  the  priest's  office  in  his 
)  father's  stead,  shall  make  the  atone- 
|  ment,  and  shall  put  on  the  linen 
]i  clothes,  even  the  holy  garments: 

33  And  he  shall  make  an  atonement 
:   for  the  holy  sanctuary,  and  he  shall 
I  make  an  atonement  for  the  tabernacle 
I  of  the  congregation,  and  for  the  altar : 

and  he  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
!  the  priests,  and  for  all  the  people  of 
the  congregation. 

34  And  this  shall  be  an  everlasting 
!  statute  uuto  you,  to  make  an  atone- 
!   ment  for  the  children  of  Israel  for  all 
!   their  sins  once  a  year.    And  he  did  as 
'   the  LORD  commanded  Moses. 

CHAPTER  V. 

^ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  I  am  the  LORD 
your  God. 

3  After  the  doings  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  wherein  ye  dwelt,  shall  ye  not 
do  :   and  after  the  doings  of  the  land 
of  Canaan,  whither  I  bring  you,  shall 
ye  not  do:   neither  shall  ye  walk  in 
their  ordinances. 

4  Ye  shall   do  my  judgments,  and 
keep  mine  ordinances,  to  walk  there- 
in :  I  am  the  LORD  your  God. 

5  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  my  stat- 
utes, and  my  judgments:   which  if  a 
man  do,  he  shall  live  in  them  :    I  am 
the  LORD. 

6  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 


7  Speak  unto  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  say  unto 
them,  Ye  shall  be  holy :     for  I  the 
LORD  your  God  am  holy. 

8  Ye  shall  fear  every  man  his  mother, 
and  his  father,  and  keep  my  sabbath  : 
I  am  the  LORD  your  God. 

9  Turn  ye  not  unto  idols,  nor  make 
to  yourselves  molten  gods  :   I  am  the 
LORD  your  God. 

10  And  if  ye  offer  a  sacrifice  of  peace 
offerings  unto  the  LORD,  ye  shall  offer 
it  at  your  own  will. 

11  It  shall  be  eaten  the  same  day  ye 
offer  it,  and  on  the  morrow :    and  if 
aught  remain  until  the  third  day,  it 
shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 

12  And  if  it  be  eaten  at  all  on  the 
third  day,  it  is  abominable  ;    it  shall 
not  be  accepted. 

13  And  when  ye  reap  the  harvest  of 
your  land,  thou  shalt  not  wholly  reap 
the  corners  of  thy  field,  neither  shaJt 
thou    gather    the    gleanings    of    thy 
harvest. 

14  And   thou   shalt  not  glean  thy 
vineyard,    neither  shalt  thou  gather 
every  grape  of  thy  vineyard  ;  thou  shalt 
leave  them  for  the  poor  and  stranger : 
I  am  the  LORD  your  God. 

15  Ye  shall  not  steal,  neither  deal 
falsely,  neither  lie  one  to  another. 

16  And  ye  shall  not  swear  by  my 
|  name  falsely,  neither  shalt  thou  profane 

the  name  of  thy  God  :  I  am  the  LORD. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  defraud  thy  neigh- 
bour, neither  rob  him  :   the  wages  of 
him  that  is  hired  shall  not  abide  with 
thee  all  night  until  the  morning. 

18  Thou  shalt  riot  curse  the  deaf, 
nor  put  a  stumblingblock  before  the 
blind,  but  shalt  fear  thy  God  :   I  am 
the  LORD. 

19  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteousness 
|  in  judgment ;    thou  shalt  not  respect 


106 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  V. 


the  person  of  the  poor,  nor  honour  the 
person  of  the  mighty:  but  in  right- 
eousness shalt  thou  judge  thy  neigh- 
bour. 

20  Thou   shalt  not  go  about  as  a 
talebearer  among  thy  people ;  neither 
shalt  thou  stand  against  the  blood  of 
thy  neighbour:  I  am  the  LORD. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  hate  thy  brother 
In  thine  heart:  but  thou  shalt  reprove 
thy  neighbour,  and  not  suffer  sin  upon 
Mm. 

22  Thou  shalt  not  avenge,  nor  bear 
.any  grudge  against  the  children  of  thy 
people,  but  thou  shalt  love  thy  neigh- 
bour as  thyself  :  I  am  the  LORD. 

23  Ye  shall  keep  my  statutes.    Thou 
shalt  not  sow  thy  field  with  mingled 
seed :  neither  shall  a  garment  mingled 
of  linen  and  woolen  come  upon  thee. 

24  If  a  soul  sin,  and  commit  a  tres- 
pass against  the  LORD,   and  lie  unto 
his  neighbour  in  that  which  was  deliv- 
ered him  to  keep,  or  in  fellowship,  or 
in  a  thing  taken  away  by  violence,  or 
hath  deceived  his  neighbour  ; 

25  Or  have  found  that  which  was 
lost,  and  lieth  concerning  it,  and  swear- 
«th  falsely  ;  in  any  of  all  these  that  a 
man  doeth,  sinning  therein : 

26  Then  it  shall  be,  when  he  hath 
sinned,    and  is   guilty,   that  he  shall 
restore  that  which  he  took  violently 
away,  or  the  thing  which  he  hath  de- 
ceitfully  gotten,    or  that  which  was 
delivered  him  to  keep,  or  the  lost  thing 
which  he  found, 

27  Or  all  that  about  which  he  hath 
sworn  falsely ;   he  shall  even  restore 
it  in  the  principal,  and  shall  add  the 
fifth  part  more  thereto,    and  give  it 
unto  him  to  whom  it  appertaineth,  in 
the  day  of  his  trespass  offering. 

28  And  when  ye  shall  come  into  the 
land,  and  shall  have  planted  all  man- 


ner of  trees  for  food,  then  ye  shall 
count  the  fruit  thereof  asuncircumcised 
unto  you:  it  shall  not  be  eaten  of. 

29  But  in  the  fourth  year  all  the 
fruit  thereof  shall  be  holy  to  praise 
the  LORD  withal. 

30  And  in  the  fifth  year  shall  ye  eat 
of  the  fruit  thereof,  that  it  may  yield 
unto  you  the  increase  thereof :    I  am 
the  LORD  your  God. 

|  31  Ye  shall  not  eat  any  thing  with 
I  the  blood :  neither  shall  ye  use  en- 
!  chantment,  nor  observe  times. 
I  32  Ye  shall  not  round  the  corners 
|  of  your  heads,  neither  shalt  thou  mar 
|  the  corners  of  thy  beard. 
|  33  Ye  shall  not  make  any  cuttings 
j  in  your  flesh  for  the  dead,  nor  print 
I  any  marks  upon  you :  I  am  the  LORD. 
|  34  Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and 
|  reverence  my  sanctuary :  I  am  the 
!  LORD. 

I  35  Regard  not  them  that  have  fa- 
miliar spirits,  neither  seek  after  wiz- 
ards, to  be  defiled  by  them :  I  am  the 
LORD  your  God. 

36  Thou   shalt   rise  up  before   the 
hoary  head,  and  honour  the  face  of 
an  old  man,  and  fear  thy  God :    I  am 
the  LORD. 

37  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn  with 
thee  in  your  land,  ye  shall  not  vex  him. 

38  But  the   stranger  that  dwelleth 
with  you  shall  be  unto  you  as  one  born 
among  you,  and  thou  shalt  love  him 
as  thyself;   for  ye  were  strangers  in 
the  land  of  Egypt :    I  am  the  LORD 
your  God. 

39  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteousness 
!  in  judgment,   in  dealing,  in  weight, 

or  in  measure. 

40  Just   balances,   just  weights,   a 
just  ephah,  and  a  just  hin,   shall  ye 
have :  I  am  the  LORD  your  God,  which 
brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 


CHAPTER  VI-VII. 


LEVITICUS. 


107 


I  41  Therefore  shall  ye  observe  all  my 
statutes,  and  all  my  judgments,  and 
ido  them :  I  am  the  LORD. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

'  A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Thou   shalt   say   to  the  children 
of  Israel,    Whosoever  he  be  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers 
that  sojourn  in  Israel,  that  giveth  any 
of  his  children  unto  Molech ;  he  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death :  the  people  of 
the  land  shall  stone  him  with  stones. 

3  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  that 
man,  and  will  cut  him  off  from  among 
his  people ;   because  he  hath  given  of 

jhis  children  unto  Molech,  to  defile  my 
I  sanctuary,  and  to  profane  my  holy 
name. 

I  4  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  do 
I  any  ways  hide  their  eyes  from  the 
i  man,  when  he  giveth  of  his  children 
1  unto  Molech,  and  kill  him  not ; 

5  Then  I  will  set  my  face  against 
that  man,  and  against  his  family,  and 
will  cut  him  off,  and  all  that  do  like 
unto  him,   to  sacrifice  unto  Molech, 
from  among  their  people. 

6  And  the  soul  that  turneth  after 
conjurers  of  spirits,  and  after  wizards, 
to  go  after  them,  I  will  even  set  my 
face  against  that  soul,  and  will  cut  him 
off  from  among  his  people. 

7  Sanctify  yourselves  therefore,  and 
be  ye  holy:  for  I  am  the  LORD  .your 
God. 

8  And  ye  shall  keep  my  statutes, 
and  do  them :  I  am  the  LORD  which 
sanctify  you. 

9  For   every   one   that  curseth  his 
father  or  his  mother  shall  be  surely 
put  to  death :  he  hath  cursed  his  father 
or  his  mother ;  his  blood  shall  be  upon 
him. 


10  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  all  my 
statutes,  and  all  my  judgments,  and 
do  them:    that  the  land,   whither  I 
bring  you  to  dwell  therein,  spew  you 
not  out. 

11  And   ye  shall  not  walk  in  the 
manners  of  the  nation,  which  I  cast 
out  before  you:    for  they  committed 
all  these  things,  and  therefore  I  ab- 
horred them. 

12  But  I  have  said  unto  you,   Ye 
shall  inherit  their  land,  and  I  will  give 
it  unto  you  to  possess  it,  a  land  that 
floweth  with  milk  and  honey:    I  am 
the  LORD  your  Grod,  which  have  sepa- 
rated you  from  other  people. 

13  Ye  shall  therefore  put  difference 
between  clean  beasts  and  unclean,  and 
between  unclean  fowls  and  clean :  and 
ye  shall  not  make  your  souls  abomin- 
able by  beast,  or  by  fowl,  or  by  any 
manner  of  living  thing  that  creepeth 
on  the  ground,  which  I  have  separated 
from  you  as  unclean. 

14  And  ye  shall  be  holy  unto  me: 
for  I  the  LORD  am  holy,  and  have 
severed  you  from  other  nations,  that 
ye  should  be  mine. 

CHAPTER  VH. 

the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Speak  unto  the  priests  the  sons  of 
Aaron,  and  say  unto  them,  There  shall 
none  be  defiled  for  the  dead  among 
his  people : 

2  But  for  his  kin,  that  is  near  unto 
him,  that  is,  for  his  mother,  and  for 
his  father,  and  for  his  son,  and  for 
his  daughter,  and  for  his  brother, 

3  And  for  his  sister  a  virgin,  that  is 
nigh  unto  him,    for  her  may  he  be 
defiled. 

4  But  he    shall   not   defile   himself 
otherwise,  being  a  chief  man  among 
his  people,  to  profane  himself. 


108 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


5  They  shall  not  make  baldness  upon 
their  head,  neither  shall  they  shave 
off  the  corner  of  their  beard,  nor  make 
any  cuttings  in  their  flesh. 

6  They  shall  be  holy  unto  their  God, 
and  not  profane  the  name  of   their 
God :  for  the  offerings  of  the  LORD, 
and  the  bread  of  their  God,  they  do 
offer:  therefore  they  shall  be  holy. 

7  Thou  shalt  sanctify  him  therefore ; 
for  he  offereth  the  bread  of  thy  God : 
he  shall  be  holy  unto  thee :   for  I  the 
LORD,  which  sanctify  you,  am  holy. 

8  And  Moses  told  it  unto  Aaron, 
and  to  his  sons,  and  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  Vin. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  Concerning  the 
feasts  of  the  LORD,  which  ye  shall 
proclaim  to  be  holy  convocation,  even 
these  are  my  feasts : 

3  Six  days  shall  work  be  done :  but 
the  seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  rest, 
a  holy  convocation ;    ye  shall  do  no 
work  therein  :  it  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
LORD  in  all  your  dwellings. 

4  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  LORD, 
even  holy  convocations,  which  ye  shall 
proclaim  in  their  seasons. 

5  In  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first 
month  at  even  is  the  LORD'S  passover. 

6  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
same  month  is  the  feast  of  unleavened 
bread  unto  the  LORD  :    seven  days  ye 
must  eat  unleavened  bread. 

7  In  the  first  day  ye  shall  have  a 
holy  convocation :  ye  shall  do  no  ser- 
vile work  therein. 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  the  LORD  seven  days :  in 


the  seventh  day  is  a  holy  convocation ; 
ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

9  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

10  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  When  ye  be  come 
into  the  land  which  I  give  unto  you, 
and  shall  reap  the  harvest  thereof, 
then  ye   shall  bring  a   sheaf  of  the 
firstfruits  of   your   harvest  unto  the 
priest : 

11  And  ye  shall  wave  the  sheaf  be- 
fore the  LORD,  to  be  accepted  for  you: 
on  the  morrow  after  the  Sabbath  the 
priest  shall  wave  it. 

12  And  ye  shall  offer  that  day  when 
ye  wave   the  sheaf  a  lamb  without 
blemish  of  the  first  year  for  a  burnt 
offering  unto  the  LORD. 

13  And  the  meat   offering   thereof 
shall  be  two  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour 
mingled  with  oil,  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  LORD  for  a  sweet  savour: 
and  the  drink  offering  thereof  shall  be 
of  wine,  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin. 

14  And  ye  shall  eat  neither  bread, 
nor   parched    corn,    nor   green    ears, 
until  the  selfsame  day  that  ye  have 
brought  an  offering  unto  your  God; 
it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations  in  all  your  dwel- 
lings. 

15  And   ye   shall   count   unto    you 
from  the  morrow  after  the  Sabbath, 
from .  the    day  that   ye  brought   the 
sheaf   of  the   wave    offering ;     seven 
Sabbaths  shall  be  complete  : 

16  Even  unto  the  morrow  after  the 
seventh  Sabbath  shall  ye  number  fifty 
days ;  and  ye  shall  offer  a  new  meat 
offering  unto  the  LORD. 

17  Ye  shall  bring  out  of  your  habita- 
tions two  wave  loaves  of  two  tenth 
deals :  they  shall  be  of  fine  flour ;  they 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


LEVITICUS. 


109 


shall  be  baken  with  leaven  :  they  are 
the  firstfruits  unto  the  LORD. 

18  And  ye  shall  offer  with  the  bread 
seven  lambs  without  blemish  of  the 
first  year,  and  one  young  bullock,  and 
two  rams :  they  shall  be  for  a  burnt 
offering  unto  the  LORD,   with   their 
meat  offering,  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings, even  an  offering  made  by  fire,  of 
sweet  savour  unto  the  LORD. 

19  Then  ye  shall  sacrifice  one  kid  of 
the  goats  for  a  sin  offering,  and  two 


27  Also  on  the  tenth  day  of  this 
seventh  month  there  shall  be  a  day  of 
atonement :   it  shall  be  a  holy  convo- 
cation unto  you  :  and  ye  shall  afflict 
your  souls,  and  offer  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  the  LORD. 

28  And  ye  shall  do  no  work  in  that 
same  day :  for  it  is  a  day  of  atone- 
ment, to  make  an  atonement  for  you 
before  the  LORD  your  Grod. 

29  For  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that 
shall  not  afflict  himself  in  that  same 


lambs  of  the  first  year  for  a  sacrifice   day,  he  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his 
of  peace  offerings.  j  people. 

20  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them  j  30  And  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that 
with  the  bread  of  the  firstfruits  for  a  I  doeth  any  work  in  that  same  day,  the 
wave  offering  before  the  LORD,  with  same  soul  will  I  destroy  from  among 
the  two  lambs  :  they  shall  be  holy  to  his  people. 


the  LORD  for  the  priest. 

21  And  ye  shall   proclaim   on   the 
selfsame  day,  that  it  may  be  a  holy 
convocation  unto  you :  ye  shall  do  no 
servile  work  therein :     it  shall  be  a 
statute  for  ever  in  all  your  dwellings 
throughout  your  generations. 

22  And  when  ye  reap  the  harvest  of 
your  land,  thou  shalt  not  make  clean 
riddance   of  the  corners  of  thy  field 
when  thou  reapest,  neither  shalt  thou 
gather  any  gleaning  of  thy  harvest : 
thou  shalt  leave  them  unto  the  poor, 
and  to  the  stranger  :  I  am  the  LORD 
your  God. 

23  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

24  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  In  the  seventh  month,  in  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  shall  ye  have 
a  Sabbath,  a  memorial  of  blowing  of 
trumpets,  a  holy  convocation. 

25  Ye   shall   do    no    servile    work 
therein  :  but  ye  shall  offer  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  LORD. 

26  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 


31  Ye  shall  do  no  manner. of  work  : 
it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations  in  all  your  dwel- 
lings. 

32  It  shall  be  unto  you  a  Sabbath 
of  rest,  and  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls ; 
in  the  ninth  day  of  the  month  at  even, 
from  even  unto  even,  shall  ye  celebrate 
your  Sabbath. 

33  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

34  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  The  fifteenth  day  of  this  sev- 
enth month  shall  be  the  feast  of  tab- 
ernacles for  seven  days  unto  the  LORD. 

35  On  the  first  day  shall  be  a  holy 
convocation :    ye  shall  do  no   servile 
work  therein. 

36  Seven  days  ye  shall  offer  an  of- 
fering made  by  fire  unto  the  LORD  ; 
on  the  eighth  day  shall  be  a  holy  con- 
vocation unto  you,  and  ye  shall  offer 
an    offering   made    by   fire   unto  the 
LORD  :  it  is  a  solemn  assembly  ;  and 
ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

37  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  LORD, 
which  ye  shall   proclaim  to  be  holy 


110 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  IX. 


convocations,  to  offer  the  offerings  unto 
the  LOED,  a  burnt  offering,  and  a 
meat  offering,  a  sacrifice,  and  drink 
offerings,  every  thing  upon  his  day  : 

38  Beside  the  Sabbaths  of  the  LORD, 
and  beside  your  gifts,  and  beside  all 
your  vows,  and  beside  all  your  freewill 
offerings,    which    ye    give    unto   the 
LORD. 

39  Also  in  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
seventh  month,  when  ye  have  gath- 
ered in  the  fruit  of  the  land,  ye  shall 
keep  a  feast  unto  the  LORD  seven 
days :  on  the  first  day  shall  be  a  Sab- 
bath, and  on  the  eighth  day  shall  be 
a  Sabbath. 

40  And  ye  shall  take  you  on  the 
first  day  the  fruit  of  the  hadar  tree, 
branches  •  of    palm    trees,     and    the 
branches  of  the  myrtle  tree,  and  wil- 
lows of  the  brook ;  and  ye  shall  rejoice 
before  the  LORD  your  God  seven  days. 

41  And  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  unto 
the  LORD  seven  days  in  the  year  :  it 
shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  in  your  gen- 
erations ;  ye  shall  celebrate  it  in  the 
seventh  month. 

42  Ye  shall  dwell  in  booths  seven 
days ;  all  that  are  born  Israelites  shall 
dwell  in  booths : 

43  That  your  generations  may  know 
that  I  made  the  children  of  Israel  to 
dwell  in  booths,  when  I  brought  them 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt :  I  am  the 
LORD  your  God. 

44  And   Moses   declared   unto   the 
children  of  Israel  the  feasts  of  the 
LORD. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

J^ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 

saying, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  bring  unto  thee   pure  oil 


olive  beaten  for  the  light,  to  cause  the 
lamps  to  burn  continually. 

3  Without  the  veil  of  the  testimony, 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
shall  Aaron  order  it  from  the  evening 
unto   the  morning  before  the  LORD 
continually :  it  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  in  your  generations. 

4  He  shall  order  the  lamps  upon  the 
pure  candlestick  before  the  LORD  con- 

|  tinually. 

5  And  thou  shalt  take  fine  flour,  and 
bake  twelve  cakes  thereof  :  two  tenth 
deals  shall  be  in  one  cake. 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  them  in  two 
rows,  six  on  a  row,   upon  the  pure 
table  before  the  LORD. 

7  And  thou  shalt  put  pure  frankin- 
cense upon  each  row,  that  it  may  be 
on  the  bread  for  a  memorial,  even  an 
offering  made  by  fire  unto  the  LORD. 

8  Every  Sabbath  he  shall  set  it  in 
order  before  the  LORD    continually, 
being  taken  from  the  children  of  Is- 
rael by  an  everlasting  covenant. 

9  And  it  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his 
sons' ;  and  they  shall  eat  in  the  holy 
place  :  for  it  is  most  holy  unto  him  of 
the  offerings  of  the  LORD  made  by  fire 
by  a  perpetual  statute. 

10  And  the  son   of   an   Israelitish 
woman,  whose  father  was  an  Egyptian, 
went  out  among  the  children  of  Israel : 
and  this  son  of  the  Israelitish  woman 
and  a  man  of  Israel  strove  together  in 
the  camp ; 

11  And  the  Israelitish  woman's  son 
blasphemed  the  name  of  the  LORD, 
and  cursed.     And  they  brought  him 
unto  Moses :   (and  his  mother's  name 
was  Shelomith,  the  daughter  of  Dibri, 
of  the  tribe  of  Dan :). 

12  And  they  put  him  in  ward,  that 
the  mind  of  the  LORD  might  be  shewed 
them. 


CHAPTER  X. 


LEVITICUS. 


Ill 


13  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

14  Bring  forth  him  that  hath  cursed 
without  the  camp ;  and  let  all  that 
heard  him  lay  their  hands  upon  his 
head,    and   let   all   the   congregation 
stone  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  Whosoever 
curse th  his  God  shall  bear  his  sin. 

16  And   he  that   blasphemeth   the 
name  of  the  LORD,  he  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death,  and  all  the  congregation 
shall  certainly  stone  him  :   as  well  the 
stranger,   as  he  that  is  born  in  the 
land,  when  he  blasphemeth  the  name 
of  the  LORD,  shall  be  put  to  death. 

17  And  he  that  killeth   any   man 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

18  And  he  that  killeth  a  beast  shall 
make  it  good  ;  beast  for  beast. 

19  And  if  a  man  cause  a  blemish  in 
his  neighbour ;   as  he  hath  done,  so 
shall  it  be  done  to  him ; 

20  Breach  for  breach,  eye  for  eye, 
tooth  for  tooth  :   as  he  hath  caused  a 
blemish  in  a  man,  so  shall  it  be  done 
to  him  again. 

21  And  he  that  killeth  a  beast,  he 
shall  restore  it :  and  he  that  killeth  a 

an,  he  shall  be  put  to  death. 

22  Ye   shall   have   one   manner  of 
law,  as  well  for  the  stranger,  as  for 
one  of  your  own  country  :   for  I  am 
the  LORD  your  God. 

23  And  Moses  spake  to  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  they  should  bring  forth 
him  that  had  cursed  out  of  the  camp, 
and  stone  him  with  stones  :  and  the 
children  of  Israel  did  as  the  LORD 
commanded  Moses. 


CHAPTER  X. 

the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
in  mount  Sinai,  saying, 


2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,, 
and  say  unto  them,  When  ye  come 
into  the  land  which  I  give  you,  then/ 
shall  the  land  keep  a  Sabbath  unto 
the  LORD. 

3  Six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  field,, 
and  six  years  thou  shalt  prune  thy 
vineyard,    and   gather   in    the    fruit 
thereof ; 

4  But  in  the  seventh  year  shall  be  a 
Sabbath  of  rest  unto  the  land,  a  Sab- 
bath for  the  LORD  :  thou  shalt  neither 
sow  thy  field,  nor  prune  thy  vineyard* 

5  That  which  groweth  of  its  own. 
accord  of  thy  harvest  thou  shalt  not 
reap,  neither  gather  the  grapes  of  thy 
vine  undressed :  for  it  is  a  year  of 
rest  unto  the  land. 

6  And  the  Sabbath  of  the  land  shall 
be  meat  for  you  ;  for  thee,  and  for 
thy  servant,   and  for  thy  maid,  and 
for  thy  hired   servant,    and   for  thy 
stranger  that  sojourneth  with  thee, 

7  And  for  thy  cattle,   and  for  the 
beast  that  are  in  thy  land,  shall  all 
the  increase  thereof  be  meat. 

8  And   thou    shalt    number   sever* 
Sabbaths  of  years  unto  thee,   seven 
times  seven  years ;  and  the  space  of 
the  seven  Sabbaths  of  years  shall  be 
unto  thee  forty  and  nine  years. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  cause  the  trumpet 
of  the  jubilee  to  sound  on  the  tenth 
day  of  the  seventh  month,  on  the  day 
of  atonement  shall  ye  make  the  trum- 
pet sound  throughout  all  your  land. 

10  And  ye  shall  hallow  the  fiftieth 
year,  and  proclaim  liberty  throughout 
all  the  land  unto  all  the  inhabitants 
thereof:    it  shall  be  a  jubilee  unto- 
you  ;  and  ye  shall  return  every  man 
unto  his  possession,  and  ye  shall  re- 
turn every  man  unto  his  family. 

11  A  jubilee  shall  that  fiftieth  year 
be  unto  you :  ye  shall  not  sow,  neither 


112 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  X. 


reap  that  which  groweth  of  itself  in  it, 
nor  gather  the  grapes  in  it  of  thy 
vine  undressed. 

12  For  it  is  the  jubilee  ;  it  shall  be 
holy  unto  you :   ye  shall  eat  the  in- 
crease thereof  out  of  the  field. 

13  In  the  year  of  this  jubilee  ye  shall 
return  every  man  unto  his  possession. 

14  And  if  thou  sell  aught  unto  thy 
neighbour,   or   buyest   aught   of   thy 
neighbour's  hand,  ye  shall  not  oppress 
one  another : 

15  According  to  the  number  of  years 
after  the  jubilee,  thou  shalt  buy  of 
thy  neighbour,  and  according  unto  the 
number  of  jrears  of  the  fruits  he  shall 
sell  unto  thee : 

16  According  to  the  multitude   of 
years  thou  shalt  increase   the    price 
thereof,  and  according  to  the  fewness 
of  years  thou  shalt  diminish  the  price 
of  it :  for  according  to  the  number  of 
the  years  of  the  fruits  doth  he  sell 
unto  thee. 

17  Ye  shall  not  therefore  oppress  one 
another ;  but  thou  shalt  fear  thy  God : 
for  I  am  the  LORD  your  Grod. 

18  Wherefore  ye  shall  do  my  stat- 
utes, and  keep  my  judgments,  and  do 
them  ;  and  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land 
in  safety. 

19  And   the    land    shall   yield   her 
fruit,   and  ye  shall  eat  your  fill,  and 
dwell  therein  in  safety. 

20  And  if  ye  shall  say,  What  shall 
we  eat  the  seventh  year?  behold,  we 
shall  not  sow,  nor  gather  in  our  in- 
crease : 

21  Then  I  will  command  my  bless- 
ing upon  you  in  the  sixth  year,  and  it 
shall  bring  forth  fruit  for  three  years. 

22  And  ye  shall  sow  the  eighth  year, 
and  eat  yet  of  old  fruit  until  the  ninth 
year ;  until  her  fruits  come  in  ye  shall 
eat  of  the  old  store. 


23  The  land  shall  not  be  sold  for 
ever :  for  the  land  is  mine ;  for  ye  are 
strangers  and  sojourners  with  me. 

24  And  in  all  the  land  of  your  pos- 
session ye  shall  grant  a  redemption 
for  the  land. 

25  If  thy  brother  be  waxen  poor, 
and  hath  sold  away  some  of  his  pos- 
session, and  if  any  of  his  kin  come  to 
redeem  it,  then  shall  he  redeem  that 
which  his  brother  sold. 

26  And  if  the  man  have  none  to  re- 
deem it,  and  himself  be  able  to  re- 
deem it ; 

27  Then  let  him  cou»t  the  years  of 
the  sale  thereof,  and  restore  the  over- 
plus unto  the  man  to  whom  he  sold 
it ;  that  he  may  return  unto  his  pos- 
session. 

28  But  if  he  be  not  able  to  restore 
it  to  him,  then  that  which  is  sold  shall 
remain  in  the  hand  of  him  that  hath 
bought  it  until  the  year  of  jubilee  : 
and  in  the  year  of  jubilee  it  shall  go 
out,  and  he  shall  return  unto  his  pos- 
session. . 

29  And  if   a  man  sell  a  dwelling- 
house  in  a  walled  city,  then  he  may 
redeem  it  within  a  whole  year  after  it 
is  sold  ;  within  a  full  year  may  he  re- 
deem it. 

30  And  if  it  be  not  redeemed  within 
the  space  of  a  full   year,   then   the 
house  that  is  in  the  walled  city  shall 
be  established  for  ever  to  him  that 
bought  it  throughout  his  generations  : 
it  shall  not  go  out  in  the  jubilee. 

31  But  the  houses  of  the  villages 
which  have  no  wall  round  about  them 
shall  be  counted  as  the  fields  of  the 
country:  they  may  be  redeemed,  and 
they  shall  go  out  in  the  jubilee. 

32  Notwithstanding  the  cities  of  the 
Levites,  and  the  houses  of  the  cities 


AFTER  X. 


LEVITICUS. 


113 


of  their  possession,  may  the  Levites 
redeem  at  any  time. 

33  And  if  a  man  purchase  of  the 
Levites,  then  the  house  that  was  sold, 
and  the  city  of  his  possession,  shall  go 
out  in  the  year  of  jubilee:  for  the 
houses  of  the  cities  of  the  Levites  are 
their  possession  among  the  children  of 
Israel. 

34  But  the  field  of  the  suburbs  of 
their  cities  may  not  be  sold ;  for  it  is 
their  perpetual  possession. 

35  And   if    thy   brother   is   waxen 
poor,  and  fallen  in  decay  with  thee ; 
then   thou   shalt   relieve   him :     yea, 
though  he  be  a  stranger,  or  H  sojourn- 
er  ;  that  he  may  live  with  thee. 

36  Take  thou  no  usury  of  him,  or 
increase :  but  fear  thy  God ;   that  thy 
brother  may  live  with  thee. 

37  Thou   shalt   not   give   him    thy 
money  upon  usury,  nor  lend  him  thy 
victuals  for  increase. 

38  I  am  the  LORD  your  God,  which 
brought  you  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  to  give  you  the  land  of  Canaan, 
and  to  be  your  God. 

39  And  if  thy  brother  that  dwelleth 
by  thee  be  waxen  poor,  and  be  sold 
unto  thee ;  thou  shalt  not  compel  him 
to  serve  as  a  bondservant : 

40  But  as  a  hired  servant,  and  as  a 
sojourner,  he  shall  be  with  thee,  and 
shall  serve  thee  unto  the  year  of  jubilee: 

41  And  then  shall  he  de>  art  from 
thee,  both  he  and  his  children  with 
him,  and  shall  return  unto  his  own 
family,  and  unto  the  possession  of  his 
fathers  shall  he  return. 

42  For  they  are  my  servants,  which 
I  brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt:    they   shall   not   be   sold   as 
bondmen. 

43  Thou   shalt   not   rule   over  him 
with  rigour ;  but  shalt  fear  thy  God. 


44  And  if  a  sojourner  or  stranger 
wax  rich  by  thee,    and  thy  brother 
that  dwelleth  by  him  wax  poor,  and 
sell  himself  unto  the  stranger  or  so- 
journer by  thee,  or  to  the  stock  of  the 
stranger's  family: 

45  After  that  he  is  sold  he  may  be 
redeemed  again ;  one  of  his  brethren 
may  redeem  him: 

46  Either  his  uncle,  or  his  uncle's 
son,  may  redeem  him,  or  any  that  is 
nigh  of  kin  unto  him  of  his  family 
may  redeem  him ;  or  if  he  be  able,  he 
may  redeem  himself. 

47  And  he  shall  reckon  with  him 
that  bought  him  from  the  year  that  he 
was  sold  to  him  unto  the  year  of  ju- 
bilee :  and  the  price  of  his  sale  shall 
be   according   unto   the    number    of 
years,  according  to  the  time  of  a  hired 
servant  shall  it  be  with  him. 

48  If  there  be  yet  many  years  be- 
hind,  according  unto  them  he  shall 
give  again  the  price  of  his  redemption 
out  of  the  money  that  he  was  bought 
for. 

49  And   if   there   remain   but   few 
years  unto  the  year  of  jubilee,  then  he 
shall  count  with  him,  and  according 
unto  his  years  shall  he  give  him  again 
the  price  of  his  redemption. 

50  And  as  a  yearly  hired  servant 
shall  he  be  with  him :  and  the  other 
shall  not  rule  with  rigour  over  him  in 
thy  sight. 

51  And  if  he  be  not  redeemed  in 
these  years,  then  he  shall  go  out  in 
the  year  of  jubilee,  both  he,  and  his 
children  with  him. 

52  For  unto  me  the  children  of  Is- 
rael are  servants  ;  they  are  my  ser- 
vants whom  [  brought  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt :  I  am  the  LORD  your 
God. 


114 


LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  XI. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

A7E  shall  make  you  no  idols  nor 
graven  image,  neither  rear  you  up 
a  standing  image,  neither  shall  ye  set 
up  any  image  of  stone  in  your  land, 
to  bow  down  unto  it:  for  I  am  the 
LORD  your  God. 

2  Ye  shall  keep  my  Sabbaths,  and  rev- 
erence my  sanctuary :  I  am  the  LORD. 

3  If  ye   walk  in  my  statutes,  and 
keep  my  commandments,  and  do  them; 

4  Then  I  will  give  you  rain  in  due 
season,   and  the  land  shall  yield  her 
increase,   and  the  trees  of  the  field 
shall  yield  their  fruit. 

5  And  your  threshing   shall   reach 
unto  the  vintage,  and  the  vintage  shall 
reach  unto  the  sowing  time:  and  ye 
shall  eat  your  bread  to  the  full,  and 
dwell  in  your  land  safely. 

6  And  I  will  give  peace  in  the  land, 
and  ye  shall  lie  down,  and  none  shall 
make  you  afraid :  and  I  will  rid  evil 
beasts  out  of  the  land,  neither  shall 
the  sword  go  through  your  land. 

7  And  ye  shall  chase  your  enemies, 
and  they  shall  fall  before  you  by  the 
sword. 

8  And  five  of  you  shall  chase  a  hun- 
dred, and  a  hundred  of  you  shall  put 
ten  thousand  to  flight:   and  your  ene- 
mies shall  fall  before  you  by  the  sword. 

9  For  I  will  have  respect  unto  you, 
and  make  you  fruitful,  and  multiply 
you,  and  establish  my  covenant  with 
you. 

10  And  ye  shall  eat  old  store,  and 
bring  forth  the  old  because  of  the  new. 

11  And   I   will   set   my  tabernacle 
among  you:    and  my  spirit  shall  not 
abhor  you. 

12  And  I  will  walk  among  you,  and 
will  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my 
people. 


13  I  am  the  LORD  your  God,  which 
brought  you  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,    that  ye  should  not  be  their 
bondmen ;    and   I   have   broken   the 
bands  of  your  yoke,  and  made  you  go 
upright. 

14  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto 
me,   and  will   not  do  all  these  com- 
mandments ; 

15  And  if  ye  shall  despise  my  stat- 
utes, or  if  your  soul  abhor  my  judg- 
ments, so  that  ye  will  not  do  all  my 
commandments,  but  that  ye  break  my 
covenant : 

16  I  also  will  do  this  unto  you ;  I 
will  set  my  face  against  you,  and  ye 
shall  be  slain  before  your  enemies: 
they  that  hate  you  shall  reign  over 
you ;  and  ye  shall  flee  when  none  pur- 
sueth  you. 

17  And  I  will  scatter  you  among  the 
heathen,  and  will  draw  out  a  sword 
after  you :  and  your  land  shall  be  des- 
olate, and  your  cities  waste. 

18  Then  shall  the  land  enjoy  her 
sabbaths,  as  long  as  it  lieth  desolate, 
and  ye  be  in  your  enemies'  land ;  even 
then  shall  the  land  rest,  and  enjoy 
her  sabbaths. 

19  And  yet  for  all  that,  when  they 
be  in  the  land  of  their  enemies,  I  will 
not  cast  them  away,   neither  will  I 
abhor  them,  to  destroy  them  utterly, 
and  to  break  my  covenant  with  them : 
for  I  am  the  LORD  their  God. 

20  But  I  will  for   their  sakes  re- 
member  the   covenant   of   their   an- 
cestors, whom  I  brought  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt  in  the  sight  of  the 
heathen,  that  I  might  be  their  God :  I 
am  the  LORD. 

21  These  are  the  statutes  and  judg- 
ments and  laws,  which  the  LORD  made 
between  him  and  the  children  of  Israel 
in  mount  Sinai  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 


NUMBERS, 


CALLED    THE   FOURTH   BOOK    OF   MOSES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  on  the 
first  day  of  the  second  month,  in  the 
second  year  after  they  were  come  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying, 

2  Take  ye  the  sum  of  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel,  after 
their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,    with   the   number    of    their 
names,  every  male  by  their  polls ; 

3  From  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  are  able  to  go  forth  to  war  in 
Israel :  thou  and  Aaron  shall  number 
them  by  their  armies. 

4  And  with  you  there  shall  be  a  man 
of  every  tribe ;  every  one  head  of  the 
house  of  his  fathers. 

5  And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
men  that  shall  stand  with  you:  Of  the 
tribe  of  Reuben:    Elizur  the   son  of 
Shedeur;    of  Simeon:  Shelumiel  the 
son  of  Zuri-shaddai ;  of  Judah:  Naha- 
shon  the  son  of  Amminadab ;   of  Issa- 
char:  Nethaneel  the  son  of'Zuar;  of 
Zebulun :  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 

6  Of   the   children    of   Joseph :    of  I 
Ephraim :  Elishama  the  son  of  Amrni- 
hud ;  of  Manasseh :  Gamaliel  the  son 
of  Pedahzur;    of  Benjamin:    Abidan 
the  son  of  Grideoni ;   of  Dan :  Ahiezer 
the  son  of  Ammishaddai;   of  Asher: 
Pagiel  the  son  of  Ocran;    of  Gad: 
Eliasaph  the  son  of  Deuel ;    of  Naph- 
tali :  Ahira  the  son  of  Enan. 


7  These  were  the  renowned  of  the 
congregation,  princes  of  the  tribes  of 

I  their  fathers,  heads  of  thousands  in 

i  Israel. 

I  8  And  Moses  and  Aaron  took  these 
men  which  are  expressed  by  their 

I  names : 

|    9  And  they  assembled  all  the  con- 

|  gregation  together  on  the  first  day  of 
the  second  month,  and  they  declared 
their  pedigrees  after  their  families,  by 
the  house  of  their  fathers,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  by  their 
polls. 

10  As  the  LORD  commanded  Moses, 
so  he  numbered  them  in  the  wilderness 
of  Sinai. 

11  And  all  they  that  were  numbered 
were  six  hundred  thousand  and  three" 
thousand  and  five  hundred  and  fifty. 

12  But  the  Leyites  after  the  tribe 
of  their  fathers  were   not  numbered 
among  them,  for  the  LORD  had  spoken 
unto  Moses,  saying, 

13  Thou  shalt  not  number  the  tribe 
of  Levi,  neither  take  the  sum  of  them 
among  the  children  of  Israel : 

14  But  thou  shalt  appoint  the  Le- 
vites  over  the  tabernacle  of  testimony, 
and  over  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and 
over  all  things  that  belong  to  it :  they 
shall  bear  the  tabernacle,  and  all  the 
vessels  thereof;  and  they  shall  minister 
unto  it,  and  shall  encamp  round  about 
the  tabernacle. 


116 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  II. 


15  And  when  the  tabernacle  setteth 
forward,    the    Levites   shall    take   it 
down ;  and  when  the  tabernacle  is  to 
be  pitched,  the  Levites  shall  set  it  up : 
and    the    stranger  that  cometh  nigh 
shall  be  put  to  death. 

16  And  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
pitch  their  tents,   every  man  by  his 
own  camp,  and  every  man  by  his  own 
standard,  throughout  their  hosts. 

17  But  the  Levites  shall  pitch  round 
about   the   tabernacle    of    testimony, 
that  there  be  no  wrath  upon  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel : 
and  the  Levites  shall  keep  the  charge 
of  the  tabernacle  of  testimony. 

18  And  the   children  of  Israel  did 
according  to  all  that  the  LORD  com- 
manded Moses,  so  did  they. 

CHAPTER  II. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

2  Every  man  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael shall  pitch  by  his  own  standard, 
with  the  ensign  of  their  fathers'  house : 
round  about  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation shall  they  pitch. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  LORD  com- 
manded Moses:    so  they  pitched  by 
their  standards,  and  so  they  set  for- 
ward, every  one  after  their  families, 
according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

4  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

5  And  I,  behold,  I  have  taken  the 
Levites  from  among  the  children  of 
Israel  instead  of  all  the  firstborn  among 
the  children  of  Israel;    therefore  the 
Levites  shall  be  mine  ; 

6  Because  all  the  firstborn  are  mine ; 
for  on  the  day  that  I  smote  all  the 
firstborn  in  the  land  of  Egypt  I  hal- 
lowed unto  me  all  the  firstborn  in  Is- 


rael, both  man  and  beast:   mine  they 
shall  be:  I  am  the  LORD. 

7  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  saying, 

8  Number  the  children  of  Levi  after 
the  house  of  their  fathers,  by  their 
families :  every  male  from  a  month  old 
and  upward  shalt  thou  number  them. 

9  And   Moses    numbered  them   ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  LORD,  as 
he  was  commanded. 

10  All  that  were  numbered  of  the 
Levites,  which  Moses  and  Aaron  num- 
bered at  the    commandment    of   the 
LORD,  throughout  their  families,  all 
the  males  from  a  month  old  and  up- 
ward, were  twenty  and  two  thousand. 

11  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

12  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
When  a  man  or  woman  shall  commit 
any  sin  that  men  commit,  to  do  a  tres- 
pass against  the  LORD,  and  that  per- 
son be  guilty ; 

13  Then  they  shall  confess  their  sin 
which  they  have  done :  and  he  shall 
recompense  his  trespass  with  the  prin- 
cipal thereof,  and  add  unto  it  the  fifth 
part  thereof,   and  give  it  unto  him 
against  whom  he  hath  trespassed. 

14  But  if  the  man  have  no  one  to 
recompense  the  trespass  unto,  let  the 
trespass    be    recompensed   unto    the 
LORD,  even  to  the  priest ;  beside  the 
ram  of  the  atonement,   whereby   an 
atonement  shall  be  made  for  him. 

15  And  every  offering  of  all  the  holy 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
they  bring  unto  the  priest,  shall  be  his. 

16  And  every  man's  hallowed  things 
shall  be  his :  whatsoever  any  man  giv- 
eth  the  priest,  it  shall  be  his. 

17  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

18  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 


CHAPTER  III. 


NUMBERS. 


117 


and  say  unto  them,  When  either  man 
or  woman  shall  separate  themselves  to 
vow  a  vow  of  a  Nazarite,  to  separate 
themselves  unto  the  LORD  ; 

19  He  shall  separate  himself  from 
wine  and  strong  drink,  and  shall  drink 
no   vinegar   of   wine,    or   vinegar   of 
strong  drink,   neither  shall  he  drink 
any  liquor  of  grapes,  nor  eat  moist 
grapes,  or  dried. 

20  All  the  days  of  his  separation 
shall  he  eat  nothing  that  is  made  of 
the  vine  tree,  from  the  kernels  even  to 
the  husk. 

21  All  the  days  of  the  vow  of  his 
separation  there  shall  no  razor  come 
upon  his  head :  until  the  days  be  ful- 
filled, in  the  which  he  separateth  him- 
self unto  the  LORD,  he  shall  be  holy, 
and  shall  let  the  locks  of  the  hair  of 
his  head  grow. 

22  All  the  days  that  he  separateth 
himself  unto  the  LORD  he  shall  come 
at  no  dead  body. 

23  He  shall  not  make  himself   un- 
clean for  his  father,  or  for  his  mother, 
for  his  brother,  or  for  his  sister,  when 
they  die  :*  because  the  consecration  of 
his  God  is  upon  his  head. 

24  All  the  days  of  his  separation  he 
is  holy  unto  the  LORD. 

25  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

26  Speak  unto  Aaron  and  unto  his 
sons,   saying,   On  this  wise  ye   shall 
bless  the  children  of  Israel,    saying 
unto  them, 

27  The  LORD  bless  thee,  and  keep 
thee: 

28  The  LORD  make  his  face  shine 
upon  thee,  and  be  gracious  unto  thee : 

29  The  LORD  lift  up  his  countenance 
upon  thee,  and  give  thee  peace. 

30  And  they  shall  put  my  name  upon 


I  the  children  of  Israel,  and  I  will  bless 
them. 

31  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

32  Speak  unto  Aaron,  and  say  unto 
him,  When  thou  lightest  the  lamps, 
the  seven  lamps  shall  give  light  over 
against  the  candlestick. 

33  And  Aaron  did  so;    he  lighted 
the   lamps   thereof  over  against  the 
candlestick,  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses. 

34  And  the  work  of  the  candlestick 
was  of  beaten  gold ;    unto  the  shaft 
thereof,  unto  the  flowers  thereof,  was 
beaten  work :   according  unto  the  pat- 
tern  which   the   LORD   had   shewed 
Moses,  so  he  made  the  candlestick. 

CHAPTER  III. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 

in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  in  the 

first  month  of  the  second  year  after 

they  were  come  out  of  the   land  of 

Egypt,  saying, 

2  Let  the  children  of  Israel  also  keep 
the  passover  at  his  appointed  season. 

3  In    the    fourteenth   day    of    this 
month,  at  even,  ye  shall  keep  it  in  his 
appointed  season :  according  to  all  the 
rites  of  it,   and  according  to  all  the 
ceremonies  thereof,  shall  ye  keep  it. 

4  And   Moses  spake  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  that  they  should  keep 
the  passover. 

5  And  they  kept  the  passover  on  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the  first  month  at 
even  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai:    ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  LORD  com- 
manded Moses,  so  did  the  children  of 
Israel. 

6  And  there  were  certain  men,  who 
were  defiled  by  the  dead  body  of  a 
man,   that  they  could  not  keep  the 
passover  on  that  day :  and  they  came 


118 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  III. 


before  Moses  and  before  Aaron  on 
that  day. 

7  And  those  men  said  unto  him,  We 
are  defiled  by  the  dead  body  of  a  man : 
wherefore  are  we  kept  back,   that  we 
may  not  offer  an  offering  of  the  LORD 
in   his   appointed  season  among  the 
children  of  Israel  ? 

8  And  Moses  said  unto  them,  Stand 
still,  and  I  will  hear  what  the  LORD 
will  command  concerning  you. 

9  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

10  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  If  any  man  of  you  or  of  your 
posterity  shall  be  unclean  by  reason  of 
a  dead  body,  or  be  in  a  journey  afar 
off,  yet  he  would  keep  the  passover 
unto  the  LORD. 

11  The  fourteenth  day  of  the  second 
month  at  even  they  shall  keep  it,  and 
eat  it  with  unleavened  bread  and  bitter 
herbs. 

12  They  shall  leave  none  of  it  unto 
the  morning,  nor  break  any  bone  of  it : 
according  to  all  the  ordinances  of  the 
passover  they  shall  keep  it. 

13  But  the  man  that  is  clean,  and  is 
not  in  a  journey,   and  forbeareth  to 
keep  the  passover,  even  the  same  soul 
shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people : 
because  he  brought  not  the  offering  of 
the    LORD  in  his  appointed  season, 
that  man  shall  bear  his  sin. 

14  And  if  a  stranger  shall  sojourn 
among  you,  and  will  keep  the  passover 
unto  the  LORD  ;  according  to  the  ordi- 
nance of  the  passover,  and  according 
to  the  manner  thereof,  so  shall  he  do : 
ye  shall  have  one  law,  both  for  the 
stranger,  and  for  him  that  was  born 
in  the  land. 

15  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn  with 
you,   or  whosoever  be  among  you  in 
your   generations,    and  will  offer  an 


offering  unto  the  LORD,  as  ye  do  so 
shall  he  do. 

16  One  ordinance  shall  be  both  for 
you  of  the  congregation,  and  also  for 
the  stranger,  that  sojourneth  with  you, 
an  ordinance  for  ever  unto  your  gener- 
ations :   as  ye  are,  so  shall  the  stranger 
be  before  the  LORD. 

17  One  law  and  one  right  shall  be 
for  you,   and   for  the  stranger    that 
sojourneth  with  you. 

18  And  on  the  day  that  the  taber- 
nacle was  reared  up  the  cloud  covered 
the  tabernacle,    namely,   the  tent  of 
the  testimony:  and  at  even  there  was 
upon  the  tabernacle  as  it  were  the  ap- 
pearance of  fire,  until  the  morning. 

19  So  it  was  alway :   the  cloud  cov- 
ered it  by  day,  and  the  appearance  of 
fire  by  night. 

20  And  when  the  cloud  was  taken 
up  from  the  tabernacle,  then  after  that 
the  children  of  Israel  journeyed:  and 
in  the  place  where  the  cloud  abode, 
there  the  children  of  Israel  pitched 
their  tents. 

21  At    the    commandment    of    the 
LORD  the  children  of  Israel  journeyed, 
and  at  the  commandment  of  the  LORD 
they  pitched:    as   long  as  the   cloud 
abode  upon  the  tabernacle  they  rested 
in  their  tents. 

22  And  when  the  cloud  tarried  long 
upon  the  tabernacle  many  days,  then 
the  children  of  Israel  kept  the  charge 
of  the  LORD,  and  journeyed  not. 

23  And  so  it  was,  when  the  cloud 
was  a  few  days  upon  the  tabernacle  ; 
according  to  the  commandment  of  the 
LORD  they  abode  in  their  tents,  and 
according  to  the  commandment  of  the 
LORD  they  journeyed. 

24  And  so  it  was,  when  the  cloud 
abode  from  even  unto  the  morning, 
and  that  the  cloud  was  taken  up  in  the 


CHAPTER  IV. 


NUMBERS. 


119 


morning,  then  they  journeyed:  whether  they  shall  be  to  you  for  an  ordinance 
it  was  by  day  or  by  night  that  the  for  ever  throughout  your  generations, 
cloud  was  taken  up,  they  journeyed.  |  9  And  if  ye  go  to  war  in  your  land 
25  Or  whether  it  were  two  days,  or  j  against  the  enemy  that  oppresseth  you, 
a  month,  or  a  year,  that  the  cloud  I  then  ye  shall  blow  an  alarm  with  the 
tarried  upon  the  tabernacle,  remaining  j  trumpets ;  and  ye  shall  be  remembered 
thereon,  the  children  of  Israel  abode  |  before  the  LORD  your  G-od,  and  ye 


in  their  tents,  and  journeyed  not :  but 

when  it  was  taken  up,  they  journeyed. 

26  At    the    commandment    of    the 

LORD  they  rested  in  their  tents,  and 


shall  be  saved  from  your  enemies. 

10  Also  in  the  day  of  your  gladness, 
and  in  your  solemn  days,  and  in  the 
beginnings  of  your  months,  ye  shall 


at  the  commandment  of  the  LORD  they  j  blow  with  the  trumpets  over  your  burnt 
journeyed :  they  kept  the  charge  of  j  offerings,  and  over  the  sacrifices  of 
the  LORD,  at  the  commandment  of  |  your  peace  offerings ;  that  they  may 

be  to  you  for  a  memorial  before  your 
Grod :  I  am  the  LORD  your  God. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  the  second  month,  in  the 
second  year,  that  the  cloud  was  taken 
up   from    off  the   tabernacle    of   the 
testimony. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel  took 
the  calling  of  the  assembly,  and  for !  their  journeys  out  of  the  wilderness  of 
the  journeying  of  the  camps.                 j  Sinai ;    and  the  cloud  rested  in  the 

3  And  when  they  shall  blow  with  \  wilderness  of  Paran. 
them,  all  the  assembly  shall  assemble  !    13  And  they  first  took  their  journey 
to  thee  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  |  according  to  the  commandment  of  the 
of  the  congregation.  LORD  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 


the  LORD  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 
CHAPTER  IV. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Make  thee  two  trumpets  of  silver ; 
of  a  whole  piece  shalt  thou  make 
them :  that  thou  mayest  use  them  for 


4  And  if  they  blow  but  with  one 
trumpet,  then  the  princes,  which  are 
heads  of  the  thousands  of  Israel,  shall 
gather  themselves  unto  thee. 

5  When  ye  blow  an  alarm,  then  the 
camps  that  lie  on  the  east  parts  shall 


go  forward. 

6  When  ye  blow  an  alarm  the  second 

time,  then  the  camps  that  lie  on  the !  out  of  the  camp, 
south  side  shall  take  their  journey:  |    16  And  it  came 
they   shall  blow  an  alarm   for 
journeys. 

7  But  when  the  congregation  is  to 
be  gathered  together,  ye  shall  blow, 
but  ye  shall  not  sound  an  alarm. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Aaron,  the  priests, 


14  And  they  departed  from  the 
mount  of  the  LORD  three  days'  jour- 
ney: and  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
the  LORD  went  before  them  in  the 
three  days'  journey,  to  search  out  a 
resting  place  for  them. 


15  And  the  cloud  of  the  LORD  was 
upon  them  by  day,  when  they  went 


to  pass,  when  the 

their  ark  set  forward,  that  Moses  said,  Rise 
up,  LORD,  and  let  thine  enemies  be 
scattered  ;  and  let  them  that  hate  thee 
flee  before  thee. 

17  And  when   it   rested,    he    said, 
Return,    0    LORD,    unto    the    many 


shall  blow  with  the   trumpets ;    and  !  thousands  of  Israel. 


120 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  V. 


18  And  Moses  said  unto  Hobab,  the 
son  of  Raguel  the  Midianite,  Moses' 
father  in  law,  We  are  journeying  unto 
the  place  of  which  the  LORD  said,  I 
will  give  it  you :   come  thou  with  us, 
and  we  will  do  thee   good:    for  the 
LORD    hath  spoken  good  concerning 
Israel. 

19  And  he  said  unto  him,  I  will  not 
go;    but  I  will  depart  to  mine  own 
land,  and  to  my  kindred. 

20  And  he  said,  Leave  us  not,  I  pray 
thee ;  forasmuch  as  thou  knowest  how 
we  are  to  encamp  in  the  wilderness, 
and  thou  mayest  be  to  us  instead  of 
eyes. 

21  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  go  with 
us,  yea,  it  shall  be,  that  what  goodness 
the  LORD  shall  do  unto  us,  the  same 
will  we  do  unto  thee. 

CHAPTER  V. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  that  the  mixed 

multitude  that  was  among  Israel, 

fell    a    lusting:     and     the    children 

of  Israel  also  wept  again,  and  said, 

Who  shall  give  us  flesh  to  eat  ? 

2  We  remember  the  fish,  which  we 
did  eat  in  Egypt  freely ;    the  cucum- 
bers, and  the  melons,  and  the  leeks, 
and  the  onions,  and  the  garlic: 

3  But  now  our  soul  is  dried  away : 
there  is  nothing  at  all,   besides  this 
manna,  before  our  eyes. 

4  And  the  manna  was  as  coriander 
seed,   and  the  colour  thereof  as  the 
colour  of  bdellium. 

5  And  the  people  went  about,  and 
gathered  it,  and  ground  it  in  mills,  or 
beat  it  in  a  mortar,  and  baked  it  in 
pans,  and  made  cakes  of  it:   and  the 
taste  of  it  was  as  the  taste  of  fresh  oil. 

6  And  when  the  dew  fell  upon  the 
camp   in  the  night,   the  manna  fell 
upon  it. 


7  Then  Moses  heard  the  people  weep 
throughout  their  families,  every  man 
in  the  door  of  his  tent :  and  the  anger 
of  the  LORD  was   kindled   greatly; 
Moses  also  was  displeased. 

8  And  Moses  said  unto  the  LORD, 
Wherefore    hast    thou    afflicted    thy 
servant?  and  wherefore  have  I   not 
found  favour  in  thy  sight,  that  thou 
layest  the  burden  of  all  this  people 
upon  me  ? 

9  Have  I   born    all    this     people? 
or    have   I   raised    them,    that   thou 
shouldest  say  unto  me,  Carry  them  in 
thy  bosom,  as  a  nursing  father  beareth 
the  sucking  child,  unto  the  land  which 
thou  swarest  unto  their  fathers  ? 

10  Whence  should  I  have  flesh  to 
give  unto  all  this  people  ?   for  they 
weep  unto  me,  saying,  G-ive  us  flesh, 
that  we  may  eat. 

11  I  am  not  able  to  bear  all  this 
people  alone,  because  it  is  to  heavy 
for  me. 

12  And  if  thou  deal  thus  with  me, 
kill  me,  I  pray  thee,  out  of  hand,  if  I 
have  found  favour  in  thy  sight;    and 
let  me  not  see  my  wretchedness. 

13  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Gather  unto  me  seventy  men  of  the 
elders  of  Israel,  whom  thou  knowest 
to  be  the  elders  of  the  people,  and 
officers  over  them;    and  bring  them 
unto  the  tabernacle    of   the    congre- 
gation,  that   they   may   stand   there 
with  thee. 

14  And  I  will  come  down  and  talk 
with  thee  there :    and  I  will  take  of 
the  spirit  which  is  upon  thee,  and  will 
put  it  upon  them ;  and  they  shall  bear 
the  burden  of  the  people  with  thee, 
that  thou  bear  it  not  thyself  alone. 

15  And  say  thou  unto  the  people, 
Sanctify  yourselves  against  to  morrow, 
and  ye  shall  eat  flesh:    for  ye  have 


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AFTER  V. 


NUMBER^ 


121 


wept  in  the  ears  of  the  LORD,  saying, 
Who  shall  give  us  flesh  to  eat  ?  for  it 
was  well  with  us  in  Egypt :  therefore 
the  LORD  will  give  you  flesh,  and  ye 
shall  eat. 

16  Ye  shall  not  eat  one  day,  nor  two 
days,  nor  five  days,  neither  ten  days, 
nor  twenty  days ; 

17  But  even  a  whole  month,  until  it 
come  out  at  your  nostrils,  and  it  be 
loathsome  unto  you :  because  that  ye 
have    despised    the   LORD   which 
among  you,  and  have  wept  before  him, 
saying,  Why  came  we  forth  out  of 
Egypt? 

18  And    Moses   said,    The   people, 
among  whom  I  am,  are  six  hundred 
thousand  men  on  foot ;  and  thou  hast 
said,  I  will  give  them  flesh,  that  they 
may  eat  a  whole  month. 

19  Shall  all  the  flocks  and  the  herds 
be  slain  for  them,  to  suffice  them  ?  or 
shall  all  the  fish  of  the  sea  be  gathered 
together  for  them,  to  suffice  them  ? 

20  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Is  the  LORD'S  hand   waxed   short? 
thou  shalt  see  now  whether  my  word 
shall  come  to  pass  unto  thee  or  not. 

21  And  Moses  went  out,  and  told 
the  people  the  words  of  the  LORD, 
and  gathered  the  seventy  men  of  the 
elders  of  the  people,   and  set  them 
round  about  the  tabernacle. 

22  And  the  LORD  came  down  in  a 
cloud,  and  spake  unto  him,  and  took 
of  the  spirit  that  was  upon  him,   and 
gave  it  unto  the  seventy  elders :    and 
it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the  spirit 
rested  upon   them,    they   prophesied, 
and  did  not  cease. 

23  But  there  remained  two  of  the 
men  in'  the  camp,  the  name  of  the  one 
was  Eldad,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
Medad:    and  the  spirit  rested  upon 
them ;    and  they  were  of  them  that 


were  written,  but  went  not  out  unto 
the  tabernacle  :  and  they  prophesied 
in  the  camp. 

24  And  there  ran  a  young  man,  and 
told  Moses,  and  said,  Eldad  and  Me- 
dad do  prophesy  in  the  camp. 

25  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  the 
servant  of  Moses,  one  of  his  young 
men,    answered    and    said,    My    lord 
Moses,  forbid  them. 

26  And  Moses  said  unto  him,  En- 
is  viest  thou  for  my  sake  ?    would  Grod 

that  all  the  LORD'S  people  were 
prophets,  and  that  the  LORD  would 
put  his  spirit  upon  them. 

27  And    Moses    returned   into    the 
camp,  he  and  the  elders  of  Israel. 

28  And  there  went   forth   a   wind 
from  the  LORD,  and  brought  quails 
from  the  sea,  and  let  them  fall  by  the 
camp,  as  it  were  a  day's  journey  on 
this  side,  and  as  it  were  a  daj^'s  jour- 
ney on  the  other  side,  round  about  the 
camp,  and  as  it  were  two  cubits  high 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

29  And  the  people  stood  up  all  that 
day,  and  all  that  night,  and  all  the 
next    day,    and    they    gathered    the 
quails:   he  that  gathered  least  gath- 
ered ten  homers:    and   they    spread 
them  all  abroad  for  themselves  round 
about  the  camp. 

30  And  while  the  flesh  was  yet  be- 
tween their  teeth,  ere  it  was  chewed, 
the  wrath  of  the  LORD  was  kindled 
against   the   people,    and   the  LORD 
smote  the  people  with  a  very  great 
plague. 

31  And  he  called  the  name  of  that 
place     Kibroth-hattaavah :      because 
there    they    buried    the   people   that 
lusted. 

32  And  the  people  journeyed  from 
Kibroth-hattaavah    unto    Hazeroth ; 
and  abode  at  Hazeroth. 


122 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  VI- VII. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

A  NT)    Miriam    and    Aaron    spoke 
against    Moses    because    of    the 
Ethiopian  woman  whom  he  had  mar- 
ried :  for  he  had  married  an  Ethiopian 
woman. 

2  And  they  said,   Hath  the  LORD 
indeed  spoken  only  by  Moses  ?   hath 
he  not  spoken  also  by  us  ?     And  the 
LORD  heard  it. 

3  Now   the  man  Moses    was    very 
meek,  above  all  the  men  which  were 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth, 

4  And   the   LORD    spake  suddenly 
unto  Moses,  and  unto  Aaron,  and  unto 
Miriam,  Come  out  ye  three  unto  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation.     And 
they  three  came  out. 

5  And  the  LORD  came  down  in  the 
pillar  of  the  cloud,  and  stood  in  the 
door   of   the   tabernacle,    and   called 
Aaron  and  Miriam:    and   they  both 
came  forth. 

6  And  he  said,  Hear  now  my  words : 
If  there  be  a  prophet  among  you,  I  the 
LORD  will  make  myself  known  unto 
him  in  a  vision,   and  will  speak  unto 
him  in  a  dream. 

7  Not  so  with  my  servant  Moses,  who 
is  faithful  in  all  mine  house. 

8  With  him  will  I  speak  mouth  to 
mouth,   even  apparently,  and  not  in 
dark  speeches ;  and  the  similitude  of 
the  LORD  shall  he  behold :  wherefore 
then   were   ye    not   afraid   to    speak 
against  my  servant  Moses  ? 

9  And  the  anger  of  the  LORD  was 
kindled  against  them;  and  he  departed. 

10  And  the  cloud  departed  from  off 
the  tabernacle:    and  behold,   Miriam 
became  leprous,  white  as  snow :    and 
Aaron  looked  upon  Miriam,  and,   be- 
hold, she  was  leprous. 

11  And    Aaron    said   unto   Moses, 


Alas,  my  lord,  I  beseech  thee,  lay  not 
the  sin  upon  us,  wherein  we  have  done 
foolishly,  and  wherein  we  have  sinned. 

12  Let  her  not  be  as  one  dead,  of 
whom  the  flesh  is  half  consumed  when 
he  cometh  out  into  the  world. 

13  And  Moses  cried  unto  the  LORD, 
saying,  0  God,  I  beseech  thee,  heal 
her  now. 

14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
If  her  father  had  but  spit  in  her  face, 
should    she    not    be    ashamed   seven 
days?  let  her  be  shut  out  from  the 
camp  seven  days,  and  after  that  let 
her  be  received  in  again. 

15  And  Miriam  was  shut  out  from 
the  camp  seven  days :  and  the  people 
journeyed  not  till  Miriam  was  brought 
in  again. 

16  And    afterward    the    people   re- 
moved from  Hazeroth,  and  pitched  in 
the  wilderness  of  Paran. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Send  thou  men,   that  they   may 
search  the  land  of  Canaan,  which  I 
give  unto  the  children  of  Israel:    of 
every  tribe  of  their  fathers  shall  ye 
send  a  man,  every  one  a  ruler  among 
them. 

3  And  Moses  by  the  commandment 
of  the  LORD  sent  them  from  the  wil- 
derness of  Paran :  all  those  men  were 
heads  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  And  Moses  sent  them  to  spy  out 
the  land  of  Canaan,    and  said  unto 
them,  Glet  you  up  this  way  southward, 
and  go  up  into  the  mountain : 

5  And    see    the    land,   what  it  is ; 
and  the  people  that  dwelleth  therein, 
whether  they  be  strong  or  weak,  few 
or  many ; 

6  And  what  the  land  is  that  they 


AFTER  VIII. 


NUMBERS. 


123 


dwell  in,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad ; 
and  what  the  cities  be  that  they 
dwell  in,  whether  in  tents,  or  in  strong 
holds ; 

7  And  what  the  land  is,  whether  it 
be  fat  or  lean,  whether  there  be  wood 
therein,  or  not.     And  be  ye  of  good 
courage,  and  bring  of  the  fruit  of  the 
land.     Now  the  time  was  the  time  of 
the  first  ripe  grapes. 

8  So  they  went  up,  and  searched  the 
land  from  the  wilderness  of  Zin  unto 
Rehob,  as  one  cometh  to  Hamath. 

9  And  they  ascended  by  the  south, 
and  came  unto  Hebron ;    where  Ahi- 
man,  Shehai,  and  Talmai,  the  children 
of  Anak,   were.     (Now   Hebron  was 
built   seven    years    before    Zoan    in 
Egypt.) 

10  And  they  came  unto  the  brook 
of  Eshcol,  and  cut  down  from  thence 
a  branch  with  one  cluster  of  grapes, 
and  they  bare  it  between  two  upon  a 
staff;  and  they  brought  of  the  pome- 
granates, and  of  the  figs. 

11  The  place  was  called  the  brook 
Eshcol,  because  of  the  cluster  of  grapes 
which  the  children  of  Israel  cut  down 
from  thence. 

12  And  they  returned  from  searching 
of  the  land  after  forty  days. 

13  And  they  went  and  came  to  Mo- 
ses, and  to  Aaron,  and  to  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the   children  of  Israel, 
unto  the  wilderness  of  Paran,  to  Ka- 
desh;    and  brought  back  word  unto 
them,  and  unto  all  the  congregation, 
and  shewed  them  the  fruit  of  the  land. 

14  And  they  told  him,    and   said, 
We  came  unto  the  land  whither  thou 
sendest  us,  and  surely  it  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey ;  and  this  is  the  fruit 
of  it. 

15  Nevertheless  the  people  are  strong 
that  dwell  in  the  land,  and  the  cities 


are  walled,  and  very  great :  and  more- 
over we  saw  the  children  of  Anak 
there. 

16  The  Amalekites  dwell  in  the  land 
of  the  south:   and  the  Hittites,  and 
the  Jebusites,  aud  the  Amorites,  dwell 
in  the  mountains :   and  the  Canaanites 
dwell  by  the  sea,  and  by  the  coast  of 
Jordan. 

17  And  Caleb  stilled  the  people  be- 
fore Moses,  and  said,  Let  us  go  up  at 

|  once,  and  possess  it ;  for  we  are  well 
I  able  to  overcome  it. 

18  But  the-  men  that  went  up  with 
|  him,  said,  We  are  not  able  to  go  up 

j  against  the  people ;  for  they  are 
!  stronger  than  we. 

19  And   they   brought   up   an  evil 
!  report  of  the  land   which  they   had 
|  searched  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 

saying,  The  land,  through  which  we 
have  gone  to  search  it,  is  a  land  that 
eateth  up  the  inhabitants  thereof; 
and  all  the  people  that  we  saw  in  it 
are  men  of  a  great  stature. 

20  And  there  we  saw  the  giants,  the 
sons  of  Anak,  which  come  of  the  giants: 
and  we  were  in  our  own  sight  as  grass- 
hoppers, and  so  we  were  in  their  sight. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

A  ND  all  the  congregation  lifted  up 
their  voice,  and  cried;    and  the 
people  wept  that  night. 

2  And   all   the   children    of    Israel 
murmured  against  Moses  and  against 
Aaron  :   and  the  whole  congregation 
said  unto  them,  Would  God  that  we 
had  died  in  the  land  of  Egypt !    or 
would  God  we  had  died  in  this  wilder- 
ness ! 

3  And   wherefore   hath   the   LORD 
brought  us  unto  this  land,  to  fall  by 
the   sword,   that  our  wives  and   our 


124 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


children  should  be  a  prey?  were  it  not 
better  for  us  to  return  into  Egypt? 

4  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Let 
us  make  a  captain,  and  let  us  return 
into  Egypt. 

5  Then  Moses  and  Aaron   fell  on 
their  faces  before  all  the  assembly  of 
the  congregation  of   the  children  of 
Israel. 

6  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh,  which 
were  of  them  that  searched  the  land, 
rent  their  clothes : 

7  And  they  spoke  unto  all  the  com- 
pany of  the  children  of  Israel,  saying, 
The  land,  which  we  passed  through  to 
search  it,  is  an  exceeding  good  land. 

8  If  the  LOED  delight  in  us,  then 
he  will  bring  us  into  this  land,  and 
give  it  us :  a  land  which  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey. 

9  Only   rebel   not   ye    against    the 
LOED,  neither  fear  ye  the  people  of 
the  land ;  for  they  are  bread  for  us : 
their  defence  is  departed  from  them, 
and  the  LOED  is  with  us :  fear  them 
not. 

10  But   all   the   congregation  bade 
stone   them   with    stones.     And    the 
glory  of  the  LOED  appeared  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  before 
all  the  children  of  Israel. 

11  And  the  LOED  said  unto  Moses, 
How  long  will  this  people  provoke  me  ? 
and  how  long  will  it  be  ere  they  be- 
lieve me,   for  all  the  signs  which  I 
have  shewed  among  them  ? 

12  I  will  smite  them  with  the  pesti- 
lence,  and  disinherit  them,  and  will 
make  of  thee  a  greater  nation  and 
mightier  than  they. 

13  And  Moses  said  unto  the  LOED, 
Then  the  Egyptians  shall  hear  it,  (for 
thou  broughtesl  up  this  people 'in  thy 
might  from  among  them ;) 


14  And  they  will  tell  it  to  the  in- 
habitants of  this  land :  for  they  have 
heard  that  thou  LOED  art  among  this 
people,  that  thou  LOED  art  seen  face 
to  face,  and  that  thy  cloud  standeth 
over  them,  and  that  thou  goest  before 
them,  by  daytime  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud, 
and  in  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night. 

15  Now  if  thou  shalt  kill  all  this 
people  as  one  man,  then  the   nations 
which  have  heard   the  fame  of  thee 
will  speak,  saying, 

16  Because  the  LOED  was  not  able 
to  bring   this   people   into   the    land 
which  he  sware  unto  them,  therefore 
he  hath  slain  them  in  the  wilderness. 

17  And  now,  I  beseech  thee,  let  the 
power  of  my  LOED  be  great,  according 
as  thou  hast  spoken,  saying, 

18  T^e  LOED  is  longsuffering,  and 
of  great  mercy,  forgiving  iniquity  and 
transgression,  and  by  no  means  clear- 
ing the  guilty,  visiting  the  iniquity  of 
the  fathers  upon  the  children  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation. 

19  Pardon,  I  beseech  thee,  the  in- 
iquity of  this  people  according  unto 
the  greatness  of  thy  mercy,  and  as 
thou  hast  forgiven  this  people,   from 
Egypt  even  until  now. 

20  And   the   LOED    said,    I    have 
pardoned  according  to  thy  word : 

21  But  as  truly  as  I  live,  and  as  all 
the  earth  is  filled  with  the  glory  of 
the  LOED  : 

22  Because  all  those  men  which  have 
seen  my  glory,  and  my  miracles,  which 
I  did  in  Egypt  and  in  the  wilderness, 
and  have  tempted   me  now  these  ten 
times,  and  have  not  hearkened  to  my 
voice  ; 

23  Surely  they  shall  not  see  the  land 
which   I   sware   unto    their    fathers, 
neither  shall  any  of  them  that  pro- 
voked me  see  it: 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


NUMBERS. 


125 


24  But  my  servant  Caleb,   because 
he  had  another  spirit  with  him,  and 
hath  followed   me   fully,   him  will  I 
bring  into  the  land  whereinto  he  went ; 
and  his  children  shall  possess  it. 

25  (Now   the    Ainalekites   and   the 
Canaanites  dwelt  in  the  valley.)     To 
morrow  turn  you,   and  get  you  into 
the  wilderness  by  the  way  of  the  Red 
sea. 

26  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

27  How  long  shall  I  bear  with  this 
evil     congregation,     which     murmur 
against  me?  I  have  heard  the  mur- 
murings   of   the    children    of    Israel, 
which  they  murmur  against  me. 

28  Say  unto  them,   As  truly  as  I 
live,    saith    the   LORD,    as   ye   have 
spoken  in  mine  ears,  so  will  I  do  to  you : 

29  Your  bodies  shall  fall  in  this  wil- 
derness, and  all  that  were  numbered  of 
you,  according  to  your  whole  number, 
from  twenty  years  old  and   upward, 
which  have  murmured  against  me. 

30  Doubtless  ye  shall  not  come  into 
the  land,  concerning  which  I  sware  to 
make  you  dwell  therein,  save  Caleb 
son  of  Jephunneh,  and  Joshua  the  son 
of  Nun. 

31  But  your  little  ones,   which  ye 
said  should  be  a  prey,   them  will  I 
bring  in,   and  they  shall   know   the 
land  which  ye  have  despised. 

32  But  as  for  you,  your  bodies,  they 
shall  fall  in  this  wilderness. 

33  And  your  children  shall  wander 
in  the  wilderness  forty  years,  and  bear 
your  sins,  until  your  bodies  be  wasted 
in  the  wilderness. 

34  After  the  number  of  the  days  in 
which  ye  searched  the  land,  even  forty 
days,  each  day  for  a  year,   shall  ye 
bear  your  iniquities,  even  forty  years, 
and  ye  shall  know  my  recompense. 


35  I  the  LORD  have  said,  I   will 
surely  do  it  unto  all  this  evil  congre- 
gation,   that   are   gathered    together 
against  me:  in  this  wilderness  they 
shall    be    consumed,    and    there  they 
shall  die. 

36  And  the  men  which  Moses  sent 
to  search  the  land,  who  returned,  and 
made  all  the  congregation  to  murmur 
against  him,  by  bringing  up  a  slander 
upon  the  land,  died  by  the  plague  be- 
fore the  LORD. 

37  But  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh,  which 
were  of  the  men  that  went  to  search 
the  land,  remained  alive. 

38  And  Moses   told   these   sayings 
unto  all  the   children  of  Israel:  and 
the  people  mourned  greatly. 

39  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  went  up  into  the  top  of 
the  mountain,  saying,  Lo,  we  are  here, 
and  will  go  up  unto  the  place  which 
the  LORD  hath  promised  :  for  we  have 
sinned. 

40  And  Moses  said,  Wherefore  now 
do  ye  transgress  the  commandment  of 
the  LORD?  but  it  shall  not  prosper. 

41  Go  not  up,  for  the  LORD  is  not 
with   you ;   that   ye   be   not   smitten 
before  your  enemies. 

42  For  the  Amalekites  and  the  Ca- 
naanites are  there  before  you,  and  ye 
shall  fall  by  the  sword:  because  ye 
are  turned  away  from  the  LORD,  there- 
fore the  LORD  will  not  be  with  you. 

43  But  they  presumed  to  go  up  unto 
the  hill  top :  nevertheless  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  LORD,  and  Moses, 
departed  not  out  of  the  camp. 

44  Then  the  Amalekites  came  down, 
and  the  Canaanites  which  dwelt  in 
that  hill,  and  smote  them,  and  dis- 
comfited them,  even  unto  Hormah. 


126 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  IX. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

Korah,  the  son  of  Jizhar,  the 
son  of  Kohath,  the  son  of  Levi, 
and  Dathan  and  Abiram,  the  sons  of 
Bliab,  and  On,  the  son  of  Peleth,  sons 
of  Reuben,  conspired. 

2  And  they  rose  up  before  Moses, 
with  certain  men  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  two  hundred  and  fifty  leaders 
of  the  assembly,  famous  in  the  con- 
gregation, men  of  renown : 

3  And  they  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether  against    Moses    and    against 
Aaron,  and  said  unto  them,  Ye  take 
too  much  upon  you,   seeing  all  the 
congregation   are  holy,   every  one  of 
them,  and  the  LORD  is  among  them : 


LORD,  and  to  stand  before  the  con- 
gregation to  minister  unto  them? 

10  And  he  hath  brought  thee  near 
to  him,  and  all  thy  brethren  the  sons 
of  Levi  with  thee :  and  seek  ye  the 
priesthood  also? 

11  For  which  cause  both  thou  and 
all  thy  company  are  gathered  together 
against  the  LORD  :  and  what  is  Aaron, 
that  ye  murmur  against  him? 

12  And  Moses  sent  to  call  Dathan 
and  Abiram,  the  sons  of  Eliab;   but 
they  said,  We  will  not  come  up: 

13  Is  it  a  small  thing  that  thou  hast 
brought  us  up  out  of  a  land  that  flow- 
eth  with  milk  and  honey,  to  kill  us  in 
the  wilderness,  and  now  thou  make 


wherefore  then  lift  ye  up  yourselves  j  thyself  alfc°gefc^r  a  prince  over  us? 
above  the  congregation  of  the  LORD?  I '  14  Moreover,  thou  hast  not  brought 

4  And  when  Moses  heard  it,  he  fell 
upon  his  face : 

5  And  he  spake  unto   Korah   and 
unto  all  his  company,  saying,  Even  to 
morrow  the  LORD  will  shew  who  are 


his,  and  who  is  holy ;  and  will  cause 
him  to  come  near  unto  him :  even  him 
whom  he  hath  chosen  will  he  cause  to 
come  near  unto  him. 

6  This  do ;  Take  you  censers,  Korah, 
and  all  his  company ; 

7  And  put  fire  therein,  and  put  in- 


us  into  a  land  that  floweth  with  milk 
and  honey,  or  given  us  inheritance  of 
fields  and  vineyards:  wilt  thou  put 
out  the  eyes  of  these  men?  we  will 
not  come  up. 
15  And  Moses  said  unto  Korah,  Be 


cense  in  them   before  the  LORD  to  |  a] 
morrow  :  and  it  shall  be  that  the  man 


thou  and  all  thy  company  before  the 
LORD,  thou,  and  they,  and  Aaron,  to 
morrow : 

16  And  take  every  man  his  censer, 
and  put  incense  in  them,  and  bring  ye 

,  two  hundred  an  fifty  censers ;  thou 
and    Aaron,    each   of  you   his 


whom  thn  LORD  doth  choose,  he  shall 
be  holy  :  ye  take  too  much  upon  you, 


censer. 


17  And  they  took   every   man   hie 
censer,  and  put  fire  in  them,  and  laid 


ye  sons  of  Levi.  I  incense  thereon,  and  stood  in  the  door 

8  And    Moses    said    unto    Korah,  j  Of  fche  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
Hear,  I  pray  you,  ye  sons  of  Levi:        with  Moses  and  Aaron. 

9  Seemeth  it  but  a  small  thing  unto     18  And  Korah  gathered  all  the  con- 
you,  that  the  God  of  Israel  hath  sep-  j  gregation  against  them  unto  the  door 
arated  you  from  the  congregation  of  i  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  : 


Israel,  to  bring  you  near  to  himself  to 
do  the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 


and  the  glory  of  the  LORD  appeared 
unto  all  the  congregation. 


CHAPTER  IX. 


NUMBERS. 


127 


19  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

20  Separate  yourselves  from  among 
this  congregation,  that  I  may  consume 
them  in  a  moment. 

21  And  they  fell  upon  their  faces, 
and  said,   0  God,   the  God  of   the 
spirits  of  all  flesh,  shall  one  man  sin, 
and  wilt  thou  be  wroth  with  all  the 
congregation  ? 

22  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

23  Speak  unto  the  congregation,  say- 
ing, Get  you  up  from  about  the  tab- 
ernacle of  Korah,  Dathan,  and  Abi- 
ram. 

24  And  Moses  rose   up   and  went 
unto   Dathan   and  Abiram;   and  the 
elders  of  Israel  followed  him. 

25  And  he  spake  unto  the  congre- 
gation, saying,  Depart,  I   pray  you, 
from  the  tents  of  these  wicked  men, 
and  touch  nothing  of  theirs,  lest  ye  be 
consumed  in  all  their  sins. 

26  So  they  got  up  from  the  taber- 
nacle of  Korah,  Dathan,  and  Abiram, 
on  every  side :  and  Dathan  and  Abi- 
ram came  out,  and  stood  in  the  door 
of  their  tents,   and  their  wives,  and 
their  sons,  and  their  little  children. 

27  And  Moses  said,  Hereby  ye  shall 
know  that  the  LORD  hath  sent  me  to 
do  all  these  works;    for  I  have  not 
done  them. of  mine  own  mind. 

28  If  these   men   die  the  common 
death  of  all  men,  or  if  they  be  visited 
after  the  visitation  of  all  men ;  then 
the  LORD  hath  not  sent  me. 

29  But  if  the  LORD  make  a  new 
thing,  and  the  earth  open  her  mouth, 
and  swallow  them  up,  with  all  that 
appertain   unto   them,    and   they  go 
down   quick   into   the   pit;    then  ye 
shall  understand  that  these  men  have 
provoked  the  LORD. 


30  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  had 
made  an  end  of   speaking    all   these 
words,  that  the  ground  clave  asunder 
that  was  under  them : 

31  And  the  earth  opened  her  mouth, 
and    swallowed    them   up,  and   their 
houses,  and  all  the  men  that  apper- 
tained unto  Korah,  and  all  their  goods. 

32  They,    and  all  that  appertained 
to  them,  went  down  alive  into  the  pit, 
and  the  earth  closed  upon  them :    and 
they  perished   from  among  the   con- 
gregation. 

33  And  all  Israel  that  were  round 
about  them  fled  at  the  cry  of  them : 
for  they  said,  Lest  the  earth  swallow 
us  up  also. 

34  And  there  came  out  a  fire  from 
the   LORD,    and   consumed   the   two 
hundred   and   fifty   men  that  offered 
incense. 

35  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

36  Speak  unto  Eleazar  the  son  of 
Aaron  the  priest,  that  he  take  up  the 
censers  out  of  the  burning,  and  scatter 
thou  the  fire  yonder ;  for  they  are  hal- 
lowed. 

37  The   censers    of    these    sinners 
against  their  own  souls,  let  them  make 
them  broad  plates  for  a  covering  of 
the  altar :  for  they  offered  them  before 
the   LORD,    therefore   they  are  hal- 
lowed :   and  they  shall  be  a  sign  unto 
the  children  of  Israel. 

38  And  Eleazar  the  priest  took  the 
brazen  censers,  wherewith  they  that 
were   burnt   had   offered ;    and  they 
were  made  broad  plates  for  a  covering 
of  the  altar : 

39  To  be  a  memorial  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  that  no  stranger,  which 
is  not  of  the  seed  of  Aaron,  come  near 
to   offer   incense   before   the   LORD; 
that  he  be  not  as  Korah,  and  as  his 


128 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  X. 


company :  as  the  LORD  said  to  him  by 
the  hand  of  Moses. 

40  But  on  the  morrow  all  the  con- 
gregation of   the    children  of   Israel 
murmured  against  Moses  and   against 
Aaron,    saying,   Ye   have    killed  the 
people  of  the  LORD. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
congregation    was    gathered    against 
Moses  and  against  Aaron,  that  they 
looked  toward  the  tabernacle  of  th.j 
congregation :    and,  behold,  the  cloud 
covered  it,  and  the  glory  of  the  LORD 
appeared. 

42  And  Moses  and  Aaron  came  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

43  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  Get  up  from  among  this  con- 
gregation, that  I  may  consume  them 
as  in  a  moment.     And  they  fell  upon 
their  faces. 

44  And   Moses    said    unto   Aaron, 
Take  a  censer,   and  put  fire  therein 
from  off  the  altar,  and  put  on  incense, 
and  go  quickly  unto  the  congregation, 
and  make  an  atonement  for  them :  for 
there   is   wrath   gone   out   from   the 
LORD  ;  the  plague  is  begun. 

45  And  Aaron  took  as  Moses  com- 
manded, and  ran  into  the  midst  of  the 
congregation ;  and,  behold,  the  plague 
was  begun  among  the  people :  and  he 
put  on  incense,  and  made  an  atone- 
ment for  the  people. 

46  And  he  stood  between  the  dead 
and  the  living;  and  the  plague  was 
stayed. 

47  Now  they  that  died  in  the  plague 
were   fourteen   thousand    and    seven 
hundred,  besides  them  that  died  about 
the  matter  of  Korah. 

48  And  Aaron  returned  unto  Moses 
unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation:    and   the   plague    was 
stayed. 


CHAPTER  X. 

the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  take  of  every  one  of  them  a  rod 
according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
of  all  their  princes  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers,   twelve  rods: 
write  thou  every  man's  name  upon  his 
rod. 

3  And    thou    shalt    write   Aaron's 
name  upon  the  rod  of  Levi :  for  one 
rod  shall  be  for  the  head  of  the  house 
of  their  fathers. 

4  And  thou  shalt  lay  them  up  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  before 
the  testimony,  where  I  will  meet  with 
you. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
the  man's  rod,  whom  I  shall  choose, 
shall  blossom :    and  I  will  make  to 
cease  from  me  the  murmurings  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  whereby  they  mur- 
mur against  you. 

6  And  Moses  spoke  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  every  one  of  their 
princes  gave  him  a  rod  apiece,   for 
each  prince  one,   according   to  their 
fathers'  houses,  even  twelve  rods :  and 
the  rod  of  Aaron  was  among  their 
rods. 

7  And  Moses  laid  up  the  rods  before 
the  LORD  in  the  tabernacle  .of  witness. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the 
morrow  Moses  went  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  witness ;  and,  behold,  the  rod 
of  Aaron  for  the  house  of  Levi  was 
budded,  and  brought  forth  buds,  and 
bloomed    blossoms,    and    yielded   al- 
monds. 

9  And  Moses  brought  out  all  the 
rods  from  before  the  LORD  unto  all 
the  children  of  Israel :  and  they  looked, 
and  took  every  man  his  rod. 


APTKR  XI. 


NUMBERS. 


129 


10  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Bring  Aaron's  rod  again  before  the 
testimony,    to   be    kept   for   a   token 
against   the    rebels;    and  thou   shalt 
take  away  their  niurniurings  from  me, 
that  they  die  not. 

11  And  Moses  did  so:  as  the  LORD 
commanded  him,  so  did  he. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

2  This  is  the  ordinance  of  the  law 
which   the  LORD    hath  commanded, 
saying,   Speak  unto  the  children   of 
Israel,   that  they  bring  thee    a    red 
heifer   without   spot,    wherein  is   no 
blemish,  and  upon  which  never  came 
a  yoke. 

3  And  ye  shall  give  her  unto  Elea- 
zar  the  priest,  that  he  may  bring  her 
forth  without  the  camp,  and  one  shall 
slay  her  before  his  face : 

4  And  Eleazar  the  priest  shall  take 
of   her   blood   with    his   finger,    and 
sprinkle  of  her  blood  directly  before 
the   tabernacle    of    the    congregation 
seven  times. 

5  And  one  shall  burn  the  heifer  in 
his  sight ;  her  skin,  and  her  flesh,  and 
her   blood,    with   her    appurtenance, 
shall  he  burn : 

6  And  the  priest  shall   take  cedar 
wood,   and  hyssop,  and    scarlet,  and 
cast  it  into  the  midst  of  the  burning 
of  the  heifer. 

7  Then   the   priest   shall   wash  his 
clothes,  and  he  shall  bathe  his  flesh  in 
water,  and  afterward  he  shall  come 
into  the  camp,  and  the  priest  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  even. 

8  And   he   that   burneth   her  shall 
wash  his  clothes  in  water,  and  bathe 
his  flesh  in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 


I  9  And  a  man  that  is  clean  shall 
I  gather  up  the  ashes  of  the  heifer,  and 
|  lay  them  up  without  the  camp  in  a 
!  clean  place,  and  it  shall  be  kept  for 
j  the  congregation  of  the  children  of 

Israel  for  a  water  of  separation :  it  is 

purification  for  sin. 

10  And  he  that  gathereth  the  ashes 
of  the  heifer  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even :  and  it 
shall  be  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  unto  the  stranger  that  sojourneth 
among  them,  for  a  statute  for  ever. 

11  He  that  toucheth  the  dead  body 
of  any  man  shall  be   unclean  seven 
days. 

12  He  shall  purify  himself  with  it 
on  the  third  day,  and  on  the  seventh 
day  he  shall  be  clean :  but  if  he  purify 
not  himself  the  third  day,  then  the 
seventh  day  he  shall  not  be  clean. 

13  Whosoever  toucheth  the  body  of 
any  man  that  is  dead,  and  purifieth 
not  himself,  defileth  the  tabernacle  of 
the  LORD  ;   and  that  soul  shall  be  cut 
off  from  Israel :  because  the  water  of 
separation   was   not    sprinkled    upon 
him,  he  shall  be  unclean ;  his  unclean- 
ness  is  yet  upon  him. 

14  This  is   the   law,    when  a  man 
dieth  in  a  tent :  all  that  come  into  the 
tent,  and  all  that  is  in  the  tent,  shall 
be  unclean  seven  days. 

15  And   every   open   vessel,  which 
hath  no  covering  bound  upon  it,  is  un- 
clean. 

16  And  whosoever  toucheth  one  that 
is  slain  with  a  sword  in  the  open  fields, 
or  a  dead  body,  or  a  bone  of  a  man, 
or  a  grave,   shall   be  unclean  seven 
days. 

17  And  for  an  unclean  person  they 
shall  take  of  the  ashes  of  the  burnt 
heifer  of  purification  for  sin,  and  run- 
ning water  shall  be  put  in  a  vessel : 


130 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XII. 


18  And  a  clean  person  shall   take 
hyssop,  and  dip  it  in  the  water,  and 
sprinkle  it  upon  the  tent,  and  upon 
the  persons  that  were  there,  and  upon 
him  that  touched  a  bone,  or  one  slain, 
or  one  dead,  or  a  grave : 

19  And     the     clean    person    shall 
sprinkle  upon  the  unclean  on  the  third 
day,  and  on  the  seventh  day :  and  on 
the  seventh  day  he  shall  purify  him- 
self, and  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
himself  in  water,  and  shall  be  clean  at 
even. 

20  And  it  shall  be  a  perpetual  stat- 
ute unto  them ;    he   that   sprinkleth 
the  water  of  separation  shall  wash  his 
clothes ;    and   he   that  toucheth   the 
water  of  separation  shall  be  unclean 
until  even. 

21  And  whatsoever  the  unclean  per- 
son toucheth  shall  be  unclean;    and 
the  soul  that  toucheth  it  shall  be  un- 
clean until  even. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

fPHEN  came  the  children  of  Israel, 
even  the  whole  congregation,  into 
the  desert  of  Zin  in  the  first  month : 
and  the  people  abode  in  Kadesh ;  and 
Miriam  died  there,  and  was  buried 
there. 

2  And  there  was  no  water  for  the 
congregation :  and  they  gathered  them- 
selves  together    against  Moses    and 
against  Aaron. 

3  And  the  people  chode  with  Moses, 
and  spoke,  saying,  Would  God  that 
we  had  died  when  our  brethren  died 
before  the  LORD  ! 

4  And  why  have  ye  brought  up  the 
congregation  of  the  LORD  into  this 
wilderness,    that   we   and   our  cattle 
should  die  there? 

6  And  wherefore  have  ye  made  us  to 
come  up  out  of  Egypt,  to  bring  us  in 


unto  this  evil  place?  it  is  no  place  of 
seed,  or  of  figs,  or  of  vines,  or  of 
pomegranates ;  neither  is  there  even 
any  water  to  drink. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  from 
the  presence  of  the  assembly  unto  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  they  fell  upon  their  faces : 
and  the  glory  of  the  LORD  appeared 
unto  them. 

7  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

8  Take  the  rod,  and  gather  thou  the 
assembly  together,    thou  and  Aaron 
thy  brother,  and  speak  ye  unto  the 
rock  before  their  eyes;   and  it  shall 
give  forth  water,  and  thou  shalt  bring 
forth  to  them  water  out  of  the  rock : 
so  thou  shalt  give   the    congregation 
and  their  beasts  drink. 

9  And  Moses  took  the  rod  from  be- 
fore the  LORD,  as  he  commanded  him. 

10  And  Moses  and  Aaron  gathered 
the  congregation  together  before  the 
rock,   and  he  said  unto  them,  Hear 
now,   ye  rebels;   must  we  fetch  you 
water  out  of  this  rock? 

11  And  Moses  lifted  up  his  hand, 
and  with  his  rod  he  smote  the  rock 
twice :  and  the  water  came  out  abun- 
dantly, and  the  congregation  drank, 
and  their  beasts  also. 

12  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron,  Because  ye  believed  me 
not,  to  sanctify  me  in  the  eyes  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  therefore  ye  shall 
not  bring  this  congregation  into  the 
land  which  I  have  given  them. 

13  This  is  the  water  of  Meribah ; 
because  the  children  of  Israel  strove 
with  the  LORD,  and  he  was  sanctified 
in  them. 

14  And  Moses  sent  messengers  from 
Kadesh  unto  the  king  of  Edom,  Thus 
saith  thy  brother  Israel,  Thou  know- 


CHAPTER  X11I. 


NUMBERS. 


131 


eat  all  the  travail  that  hath  befallen 
us: 

15  How  our  fathers  went  down  into 
Egypt,  and  we  have  dwelt  in  Egypt  a 
long  time  ;  and  the  Egyptians  vexed 
us,  and  our  fathers : 

16  And   when   we   cried    unto   the 
LORD,  he  heard  our  voice,  and  sent 
an  angel,  and  hath  brought  us  forth 
out  of  Egypt:  and,  behold,  we  are  in 
Kadesh,  a  city  in  the  uttermost  of  thy 
border. 

17  Let  us  pass,  I  pray  thee,  through 
thy  country :  we  will  not  pass  through 
the  fields,  or  through  the  vineyards, 
neither  will  we  drink  of  the  water  of 
the  wells:    we  will  go  by  the  king's 
high  way,   we  will   not  turn  to  the 
right  hand  nor  to  the  left,  until  we 
have  passed  thy  borders. 

18  And  Edom  said  unto  him,  Thou 
shalt  not  pass  by  me,  lest  I  come  out 
against  thee  with  the  sword. 

19  And  the  children  of  Israel  said 
unto  him,  We  will  go  by  the  high 
way :  and  if  I  and  my  cattle  drink  of 
thy  water,  then  I  will  pay  for  it :  I 
will  only,  without  doing  any  thing  else, 
go  through  on  my  feet. 

20  And  he  said,  Thou  shalt  not'  go 
through.  And  Edom  came  out  against 
him  with  much  people,   and  with  a 
strong  hand. 

21  Thus  Edom  refused  to  give  Israel 
passage  through  his  border :  wherefore 
Israel  turned  away  from  him. 

22  And  the  children  of  Israel,  even 
the    whole    congregation,    journeyed 
from  Kadesh,  and  came  unto  mount 
Hor. 

23  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron  in  mount  Hor,  by  the  coast 
of  the  land  of  Edom,  saying, 

24  Aaron   shall   be   gathered   unto 
his  people :  for  he  shall  not  enter  into 


|  the  land  which  I  have  given  unto  the 
i  children  of  Israel,  because  ye  rebelled 
;  against  my  word  at  the  water  of  Me- 
!  ribah. 
i    25  Take  Aaron  and  Eleazar  his  sonr 

and  bring  them  up  unto  mount  Hor : 
I    26  And  strip  Aaron  of  his  garments,. 
|  and  put  them  upon  Eleazar  his  son : 
I  and  Aaron  shall  be  gathered  unto  his 

people,  and  shall  die  there. 

27  And   Moses   did   as   the  LORD 
commanded:    and  they  went  up  into 
mount  Hor  in  the  sight  of  all  the  con- 
gregation. 

28  And  Moses  stripped   Aaron   of 
his  garments,  and  put  them  upon  Ele- 
azar his  son ;  and  Aaron  died  there  in 
the  top  of  the  mount :  and  Moses  and 
Eleazar  came  down  from  the  mount. 

29  And  when  all  the  congregation 
saw    that    Aaron    was    dead,     they 
mourned  for  Aaron  thirty  days,  even 
all  the  house  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

A  ND  when  king  Arad  the  Canaanite, 
which  dwelt  in  the  south,  heard 
tell  that  Israel  came  by  the  way  of 
the  spies ;   then  he  fought  against  Is- 
rael, and  took  some  of  them  prisoners. 

2  And  Israel  vowed  a  vow  unto  the 
LORD,  and  said,  if  thou  wilt  indeed 
deliver  this  people  into  my  hand,  then 
I  will  utterly  destroy  their  cities. 

3  And  the  LORD  hearkened  to  the 
voice  of  Israel,  and  delivered  up  the 
Canaanites ;  and  they  utterly  destroyed 
them  and  their  cities :   and  he  called 
the  name  of  the  place  Hormah. 

4  And  they  journeyed  from  mount 
Hor  by  the  way  of  the  Red  sea,  to 
compass  the  land  of  Edom :  and  the 
soul  of  the  people  was  much  discour- 
aged because  of  the  way. 

5  And  the  people  spoke  against  Godt 


132 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 


and  against  Moses,  Wherefore  have  |  16  And  from  thence  they  went  to 
ye  brought  us  up  out  of  Egypt  to  die  j  Be-er,  that  is  the  well  whereof  the 
in  the  wilderness?  for  there  is  no  LORD  spake  unto  Moses,  Gather  the 
bread,  neither  is  there  any  water;  and  j  people  together  and  I  will  give  them 
our  soul  loatheth  this  light  bread. 


t>  And  the  LORD  sent  fiery  serpents 
among  the  people,  and  they  bit  the 
people;  and  much  people  of  Israel 
died. 

7  Therefore  the  people  came  to  Mo- 
ses, and  said,  We  have  sinned,  for  we 
have  spoken  against  the  LORD,  and 
against  thee;  pray  unto  the  LORD, 


moth 
20  From 


Bamoth    in    the   valley, 


water. 
17  Then  Israel  sang  this  song: 

Spring  up,  O  well — 

Sing  ye  to  it — 
18  O  well,  which  princes  dug, 

the  nobles  of  the  nation  hollowed, 

with  sceptre  and  staff. 

19  And  from  the   wilderness   they 
went  to  Mattanah,  and  from  Mattanah 

that  he  take  away  the  serpent  from  us',  i to  Nahaliel>  and  from  Nahaliel  to  Ba- 
And  Moses  prayed  for  the  people. 

8  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses.  ,    ,  .  ,  — -> 
Make  thee  a  fiery  serpent,  and  set  it !  whlch. 1S  ln  Moab's  field,  to  Pisgah's 
upon  a  pole:  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  j^Un  Jlt'    whlch   looks    out   uP°n    the 
that  every  one  that  is  bitten,  when  he  I 

looketh  upon  it,  shall  live.  I  Q.u    *™  Ls™e}  sent  messengers  unto 

9  And   Moses   made   a   serpent   of  k  ™Tkmg  of  the  Amorites,  saying, 
brass,  and  put  it  upon  a  pole ;  and  it  _   *  .»efc      e  paf  thi;ough  thy  land: 
came  to  pass,   that  if  a  serpent  had 

bitten  any  man,  when  he  beheld  the 
serpent  of  brass,  he  lived. 

10  And  the  children  of  Israel  set 
forward,  and  pitched  in  Oboth. 

11  And  they  journeyed  from  Oboth, 
and  pitched  at  Ije-abarini,  in  the  wil- 


not  turn  into  the  fields,  or  into 
the  vineyards;  we  will  not  drink  of 
the  waters  of  the  well :  but  we  will  go 
along  by  the  king's  high  way,  until 
we  are  past  thy  borders. 

23  And  Sihon  would  not  suffer  Israel 
to  pass  through  his  border :  but  Sihon 


a f 

derness  which  is'before  Moab,  toward  !  Sathered  a11  his  people  together,  and 


the  sunrising. 

12  From  thence  they  removed,  and 
pitched  in  the  valley  of  Zared. 

13  From  thence  they  removed,  and 
pitched  on  the  other  side  of  Arnon, 
which  is  in  the  wilderness  that  conieth 
out  of  the  coasts  of  the  Amorites :  for 


Moab  and  the  Amorites. 
14  Wherefore  it  is  said  in  the  '  Book 

of  the  wars  of  the  LORD': 

15  Vaheb  in  Suphah, 

and  the  streams  of  Arnon, 
and  the  slope  of  the  streams, 
which  sinks  toward  the  seat  of  Ar, 
and  leans  on  the  border  of  Moab. 


went  out  against  Israel  into  the  wil- 
derness :   and  he  came  to  Jahaz,  and 
fought  against  Israel. 
24  And  Israel  smote  him  with  the 
of  the  sword,  and  possessed  his 
from  Arnon  unto  Jabbok,  even 
unto  the  children  of  Ammon :  for  the 


Arnon  is  the  border  of  Moab,  between  border  of  the  children  of  Ammon  was 

strong. 

25  And  Israel  took  all  these  cities : 
and  Israel  dwelt  in  all  the  cities  of 
I  the  Amorites,  in  Heshbon,  and  in  all 
j  the  villages  thereof. 
j  26  For  Heshbon  was  the  city  of  Si- 
|  hon  the  king  of  the  Amorites,  who 


CHAPTER  XIV 


NUMBERS. 


133 


had  fought  against  the  former  king  of  |  all  that  Israel  had  done  to  the  Amo- 
Moab,  and  taken  all  his  land  out  of  j  rites. 


his  hand,  even  unto  Arnon. 
27  Wherefore  the  poets  sing: 

Come  ye  into  Heshbon: 

let  Sihon's  city  be  built  and  erected. 
2H  Lo,  a  fire  has  sprung  from  Heshbon, 

a  flame  from  Sihon's  capital; 

it  has  consumed  Moab's  Ar, 

the  lords  of  Arnon-Heights. 

29  Woe  to  thee,  Moab ; 

thou  art  lost,  Chemosh's  people — 
he  has  rendered  his  sons  fugitives, 
and  his  daiighters  captives 
of  the  Amorite  king,  Sihon. 

30  And  we  triumphed: 

Heshbon  is  destroyed,  as  far  as  Di- 

bon; 

we  have  wasted  as  far  as  Nophah, 
which  extends  to  Medeba. 


3  And  Moab  was  sore  afraid  of  the 
people,  because  they  were  many :  and 
Moab  was  distressed  because  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

4  And  Moab  said  unto  the  elders  of 
Midian,  Now  shall  this  company  lick 
up  all  that  are  round  about  us,  as  the 
ox  licketh  up  the  grass  of  the  field. 
And  Balak  the   son   of  Zippor   was 
king  of  the  Moabites  at  that  time. 

5  He  sent  messengers  therefore  unto 
Balaam  the  son  of   Beor  to  Pethor, 
which  is  by  the  river  of  the  land  of 
the  children  of  his  people,  to  call  him, 
saying,  Behold,  there  is  a  people  come 


31  Thus  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land  of  out  from  EgyPt:  behold,  they  coyer 
the  Amorites.  the  face  °f  the  earth>  and  tliey  at)lde 

32  And  Moses  sent  to  spy  out  Jaa- !  over  against  me  : 

zer,  and  they  took  the  villages  thereof,  !  <>  Come  now  therefore,  I  pray  thee, 
and  drove  out  the  Amorites  that  were  j  curse  me  this  Pe°Ple  5  for  the.V  are  to° 
there,  mighty  for  me :  peradventure  I  shall 

prevail,  that  we  may  smite  them,  and 
that  I  may  drive  them  out  of  the  land : 
for  I  know  that  he  whom  thou  blessest 
is  blessed,  and  he  whom  thou  cursest 
is  cursed. 

7  And  the  elders  of  Moab  and  the 

Fear  him  not:  for  I  have  delivered  ; elders  of  Midian  departed  with  the 
him  into  thy  hand,  and  all  his  people,  !  rewards  of  divination  in  their  hand  ; 
and  his  land;  and  thou  shalt  do  to  and  they  came  unto  Balaam,  and  spoke 
him  as  thou  didst  unto  Sihon  king  of  |  unto  him  the  words  of  Balak- 
the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  at  Hesh-  j  8  And  he  said  unto  them,  Lodge 
jj0ni  here  this  night,  and  I  will  bring  you 

35  So  they  smote  him,  and  his  sons,   word  aSain>  as  the  LoiP  sha11  sl)eak 


33  And  they  turned  and  went  up  by 
the  way  of  Bashan :  and  Og  the  king 
of  Bashan  went  out  against  them,  he, 
and  all  his  people,   to  the  battle  at 
Edrei. 

34  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 


unto  me :    and  the  princes  of  Moab 
abode  with  Balaam. 

9  And  God  came  unto  Balaam,  and 
said,  What  men  are  these  with  thee? 

10  And  Balaam  said  unto  God,  Ba- 
A  ND  the  children  of  Israel  set  for-  j  lak  the  son  of  Zippor,  king  of  Moab, 

ward,  and-  pitched  in  the  plains  of  hath  sent  unto  me,  saying, 
Moab  on  this  side  Jordan  by  Jericho.      11  Behold,  there  is  a  people  come 
2  And  Balak  the  son  of  Zippor  saw  |  out  of  Egypt,  which  covereth  the  face 


and  all  his  people,  until  there  was 
none  left  him  alive :  and  they  possessed 
his  land. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 


134 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 


of  the  earth :  corne  now,  curse  ine  I  LORD  stood  in  the  way  for  an  adver- 
them ;  peradventure  I  shall  be  able  to  !  sary  against  him.  Now  he  was  riding 
overcome  them,  and  drive  them  out.  !  upon  his  ass,  and  his  two  servants 

12  And  God  said  unto  Balaam,  Thou  j  were  with  him. 

shalt  not  go  with  them  ;  thou  shalt  j  23  And  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  the 
not  curse  the  people :  for  they  are  j  LORD  standing  in  the  way,  and  his 
blessed.  I  sword  drawn  in  his  hand :  and  the  ass 

13  And  Balaam  rose  up  in  the  morn-  \  turned  aside  out  of  the  way,  and  went 
ing,  and  said  unto  the  princes  of  Ba-  j  into  the  field :   and  Balaam  smote  the 
lak,  Get  you  into  your  land :   for  the  j  ass,  to  turn  her  into  the  way. 

LORD  ref  useth  to  give  me  leave  to  go !  24  But  the  angel  of  the  LORD  stood 
with  you.  !  in  a  path  of  the  vineyards,  a  wall  be- 

14  And  the  princes  of  Moab  rose  up,  j  ing  on  this  side,  and  a  wall  on  that 
and  they  went  unto  Balak,  and  said,  |  side. 

Balaam  refuseth  to  come  with  us.        !    25  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel 

15  And  Balak  sent  yet  again  princes,  i  of  the  LORD,  she  thrust  herself  unto 
more,  and  more  honourable  than  they,   the  wall,  and  crushed  Balaam's  foot 


16  And  they  came  to  Balaam,  and 
said  to  him,  Thus  saith  Balak  the  son 
of  Zippor,  Let  nothing,  I  pray  thee, 
hinder  thee  from  coming  unto  me : 

17  For  I  will  promote  thee  unto  very 
great  honour,   and  I  will  do  whatso- 
ever thou  sayest  unto  me :  come  there- 
fore, I  pray  thee,  curse  me  this  people. 

18  And  Balaam  answered  and  said, 
unto  the  servants  of  Balak,  If  Balak 


against  the  wall:   and  he  smote  her 
again. 

26  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  went 
further,  and  stood  in  a  narrow  place, 
where  was  no  way  to  turn  either  to 
the  right  or  to  the  left. 

27  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel 
of  the  LORD,  she  fell  down  under  Ba- 
laam:   and  Balaam's  anger  was  kin- 
dled, and  he  smote  the  ass  with  a  staff. 


would  give  me  his  house  full  of  silver  j  28  And  the  LORD  opened  the  mouth 
and  gold,  I  cannot  go  beyond  the  I  of  the  ass,  and  she  said  unto  Balaam, 
word  of  the  LORD  my  Grod,  to  do  less  |  What  have  I  done  unto  thee,  that 
or  more.  |  thou  hast  smitten  me  these  three 

19  Now  therefore,  I  pray  you,  tarry  |  times? 


ye  also  here  this  night,  that  I  may 
know  what  the  LORD  will  say  unto 
me  more. 

20  And  God  came  unto  Balaam  at 
night,  and  said  unto  him,  If  the  men 
came  to  call  thee,  rise  up,  and  go  with 


29  And  Balaam  said  unto  the  ass, 
Because  thou  hast  mocked  me :  I  would 
there  were  a  sword  in  mine  hand,   for 
now  would  I  kill  thee. 

30  And  the  ass  said   unto  Balaam, 
Am  not  I  thine  ass,  upon  which  thou 


them ;  but  yet  the  word  which  I  shall !  hast  ridden   ever  since  I  was  thine 


say  unto  thee,  that  shalt  thou  do. 
21  And  Balaam  rose  up  in  the  rnorn- 
and 


unto  this  day?  was  I  ever  wont  to  do 
so  unto  thee?  And  he  said,  Nay. 


ing,   and  saddled  his  ass,  and  went  |    31  Then  the  LORD  opened  the  eyes 
with  the  princes  of  Moab.  of  Balaam,  and  he  saw  the  angel  of 

22  And  God's  anger  was   kindled   the  LORD  standing  in  the  way,  and 
because  he  went :  and  the  angel  of  the   his  sword  drawn  in  his  hand :  and  he 


CHAPTER  XV. 


NUMBERS. 


135 


bowed  down  his  head,  and  fell  flat  on 
his  face. 

32  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  said 
unto  him,  Wherefore  hast  thou  smit- 
ten thine  ass  these  three  times?  Be- 
hold, I  went  out  to  withstand  thee, 
because  thy  way  is  perverse  before  me : 

33  And  the  ass  saw  me,  and  turned 
from  me  these  three  times :  unless  she 
had  turned  from  me,  surely  now  also 
I  had  slain  thee,  and  saved  her  alive. 

34  And  Balaam  said  unto  the  angel 
of  the  LORD,  I  have  sinned;    for  I 
knew  not  that  thou  stoodest  in  the 
way  against  me :  now  therefore,  if  it 
displease  thee,    I  will   get  me  back 
again. 

35  And  the  angel  of  the  LORD  said 
unto  Balaam,  Go  with  the  men :  but 
only  the  word  that  I  shall  speak  unto 
thee,  that  thou  shalt  speak.     So  Ba- 
laam went  with  the  princes  of  Balak. 

36  And  when  Balak  heard  that  Ba- 
laam was  come,  he  went  out  to  meet 
him  unto  a  city  of  Moab,  which  is  in 
the  border  of  Arnon,  which  is  in  the 
utmost  coast. 

37  And   Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 
Did  I  not  earnestly  send  unto  thee  to 
call  thee?  wherefore  earnest  thou  not 
unto  me?  am  I  not  able  indeed  to 
promote  thee  to  honour? 

38  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
Lo,  I  am  come  unto  thee :  have  I  now 
any  power  at  all  to  say  any  thing? 
the   word   that   God   putteth   in  my 
mouth,  that  shall  I  speak. 

39  And  Balaam   went  with  Balak, 
and  they  came  unto  Kirjath-huzoth. 

40  And   Balak    offered    oxen    and 
sheep,   and  sent  to  Balaam,  and  to 
the  princes  that  were  with  him. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row,  that  Balak    took  Balaam,   and 
brought  him  up  into  the  high  places  of 


Baal,   that  thence  he  might  see  the 
utmost  part  of  the  people. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

^ND  Balaam  said  unto  Balak,  Build 
me  here  seven  altars,  and  prepare 
me  here  seven  oxen  and  seven  rams. 

2  And   Balak   did  as  Balaam  had 
spoken  ;  and  Balak  and  Balaam  offered 
on  every  altar  a  bullock  and  a  ram. 

3  And   Balaam   said   unto    Balak, 
Stand  by  the  burnt  offering,  and  I  will 
go :  peradventure  the  LORD  will  come 
to  meet  me ;  and  whatsoever  he  shew- 
eth  me  I  will  tell  thee.     And  he  went 
to  a  high  place. 

4  And  God  met  Balaam :   and  he 
said  unto  him,  I  have  prepared  seven 
altars,  and  I  have  offered  upon  every 
altar  a  bullock  and  a  ram. 

5  And  the  LORD  put  a  word  in  Ba- 
laam's mouth,  and  said,  Return  unto 
Balak,  and  thus  thou  shalt  speak. 

6  And  he  returned  unto  him,  and, 
lo,  he  stood  by  his  burnt  sacrifice,  he, 
and  all  the  princes  of  Moab. 

7  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said, 

'From   Aram   Balak,    Moab's    king, 

bringeth  me; 

from  the  mountains  of  the  East: 
"Come,  curse  for  me  Jacob; 
come,  execrate  Israel." 

8  How  shall  I  curse  whom  God  curseth 

not? 

how  shall  I  execrate  whom  the  LOED 

execrateth  not? 

1)  For  from  the  summit  of  rocks  I  see 
him, 

from  hilltops  I  behold  him : 

lo,  a  people  dwelling  apart, 

nor  reckoning  itself  among  the  na- 
tions. 
10  Who  counteth  the  dust  of  Jacob? 

who  numbereth  the  fourth  part  of 
Israel ? 

May  I  die  the  death   of  the  right- 
eous, 

and  may  my  end  be  like  theirs.' 


136 


11  And   Balak   said   unto  Balaam, 
What  hast  thou  done  unto  nie?  I  took 
thee  to  curse  mine  enemies,  and,  be- 
hold,  thou  hast  blessed   them   alto- 
gether. 

12  And  he  answered  and  said,  Must 
I  not  take  heed  to  speak  that  which 
the  LORD  hath  put  in  my  mouth? 

13  And  Balak  said  unto  him,  Come, 
I  pray  thee,   with  me  unto  another 
place,  from  whence  thou  mayest^see 
them,  thou  shalt  see  but  the  utmost 
part  of  them,  and  shalt  not  see  them 
all:  and  curse  me  them  from  thence. 

14  And  he  brought  him   into   the 
field  of  Zophim,  to  the  top  of  Pisgah, 
and  built  seven  altars,  and  offered  a  | 
bullock  and  a  ram  on  every  altar. 

15  And  he  said  unto  Balak,  Stand 
here  by  thy  burnt  offering,   while  I 
meet  the  LORD  yonder. 

16  And  the  LORD  met  Balaam,  and 
put  a  word  in  his  mouth,  and   said, 
Go  again  unto  Balak,  and  say  thus. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  him,  be- 
hold, he  stood  by  his  burnt  offering, 
and  the  princes  of  Moab  with  him. 
And  Balak  said  unto  him,  What  hath 
the  LORD  spoken? 

18  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said, 

'Rise,  Balak,  and  hear; 
listen  to  me,  O  son  of  Zippor: 

19  God  is  not  a  man,  that  he  should  lie; 
not  the  son  of  a  man,  that  he  should 

repent; 

if  he  has  said,  will  he  not  do? 
if  he  has  spoken,  will  he  not  fulfill? 

20  Lo,  a  blessing  I  have  heard : 

he  has  blessed — I  cannot  reverse  it. 

21  He  beholdeth  no  iniquity  in  Jacob, 
he  seeth  no  evil  in  Israel. 
Jehovah,  his  God,  is  with  him, 
shouts  for  a  king   resound   in   his 

midst. 

22  God  leading  him  out  of  Egypt, 
the  wild  buffalo's  rush  is  his. 


NUMBERS.  CHAPTER  XVI. 

23  Yea,  there  is  no  enchantment  in  Ja- 

cob, 

no  divination  in  Israel; 
in  due  time  Jacob,  Israel,  is  told 
what  God  is  working. 

24  Behold,  a  people  that  riseth  like  a 

lioness, 

lifteth  itself  up  like  a  lion; 
it  lieth  not  down  before  devouring 

prey, 
before   drinking   the   blood   of    the 

slain.' 

25  And  Balak  said  unto   Balaam, 
Neither  curse  them  at  all,  nor  bless 
them  at  all. 

26  But  Balaam  answered  and  said 
unto  Balak,  Did  I  not  tell  thee,  saying, 
All  that  the  LORD  speaketh,  that  I 
must  do? 

27  And  Balak   said    unto  Balaam, 
Come,  I  pray  thee,  I  will  bring  thee 
unto  another  place:   peradventure  it 
will  please  God  that  thou  mayest  curse 
me  them  from  thence. 

28  And  Balak  brought  Balaam  unto 
the  top  of  Peor,   that  looketh  toward 
the  desert. 

29  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
Build  me  here  seven  altars,  and  pre- 
pare me  here  seven  bullocks  and  seven 
rams. 

30  And  Balak  did  as  Balaam  had 
said,  and  offered  a  bullock  and  a  ram 
on  every  altar. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

AND    when   Balaam    saw    that    it 
pleased  the  LORD  to  bless  Israel, 
he  went  not,  as  at  other  times,  to  seek 
for  enchantments,  but  he  set  his  face 
toward  the  wilderness. 

2  And  Balaam  lifted  up  his  eyes, 
and  he  saw  Israel  abiding  in  his  tents 
according  to  their   tribes ;    and    the 
spirit  of  God  came  upon  him. 

3  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said, 


CHAPTER  XVI. 


NUMBERS. 


137 


'This  is  the  oracle  of  Balaam,  Beor's  j 

son, 
Jthe  oracle  of  the  man  whose  eye  is  I 

locked; 
*  the  oracle  of  him  who  heareth  the  j 

sayings  of  God, 
and    seeth    the   vision    of    the  Al- 1 

mighty- 
prostrate,  yet  with  eyes  unlocked: 

4  How  beautiful  are  thy  tents,  O. Jacob! ' 
thy  tabernacles,  O  Israel! 

like  vales  spread  out, 

like  gardens  on  river  banks, 

like  aloe-trees  planted  by  the  LORD, 

like  cedars  by  streams. 

5  Water  runeth  from  his  buckets, 
where  his  seed  lieth  abundant  waters 

flow. 

His  king  is  higher  than  Agag, 
his  kingdom  exalted. 

6  God  leading  him  out  of  Egypt, 
the  wild  buffalo's  rush  is  his. 

7  He  devoureth  nations,  his  foes, 
and  gnaweth  their  bones— 
crusheth  with  his  arrows. 

8  He  coucheth,  lieth  down,  like  a  lion, 
like  a  lioness  -who  shall  rouse  him?  | 

<>  Blessed  is  whoever  blesseth  thee, 
Cursed  whoever  curseth  thee.' 

10  And  Balak's  anger  was  kindled 
against  Balaam,    and   he    smote   his 
hands  together:  and  Balak  said  unto 
Balaam,  I  called  thee  to  curse  mine  I 
enemies,  and,  behold,  thou  hast  alto-  j 
gether  blessed  them  these  three  times,  j 

1 1  Therefore  now  flee  thou  to  thy  j 
place :  I  thought  to  promote  thee  unto  j 
great  honour ;  but,  lo,  the  LORD  hath  | 
kept  thee  back  from  honour. 

12  And   Balaam  said  unto  Balak,  j 
Spake  I  not  also  to  thy  messengers  j 
which  thou  sentest  unto  me,  saying, 

13  If  Balak  would  give  me  his  house 
full  of  silver  and  gold,  I  cannot  go  be- 1 
yond  the  commandment  of  the  LORD,  ! 
to  do  either  good  or  bad  of  mine  own 
mind ;  but  what  the  LORD  saith,  that 
will  I  speak? 

14  And  now,  behold,  I  go  unto  un- 
people:   come  therefore,    and   I   will! 


advise  thee  of  what  this  people  shall 
do  to  thy  people  in  the  latter  days. 

15  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said, 

'This  is  the  oracle  of  Balaam,  Beor's- 
son, 

the  oracle  of  the  man  whose  eye  is 
locked; 

the  oracle  of  him  who  heareth  the 
sayings  of  God, 

knoweth  the  knowledge  of  the  Most 
High, 

and    seeth    the    vision    of   the   Al- 
mighty— 

r rostrate,  yet  with  eyes  unlocked : 
see  him  — not  now; 

I  behold  him  — not  nigh. 

17  A  star  breaketh  forth  from  Jacob, 
a  sceptre  ariseth  from  Israel; 

it  crusheth  the  sides  of  Moab, 
overthroweth  all  the  men  of  tumult; 

18  Edom  becometh  a  conquest, 
Seir  a  conquest  of  its  foes; 
Israel  doeth  valiantly. 

19  He  from  Jacob  is  master, 

and  destroyeth  the  remnant  in  the 
cities. 

2.0  And  when  he  looked  on  Anialek, 
he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 

'Foremost  among  nations  was  Ama- 

lek; 
his  end  tendeth  to  perdition.' 

21  And  he  looked  on  the  Kenites, 
and  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 
'Firm  is  thy  seat, 
upon  a  rock  is  set  thy  nest; 
22  Yet  Qayin  will  be  wasted. 

Till   when  ?  —  Asshur  carrieth  thee 
away  captive.' 

23  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said, 

'Alas!  who  can  live  after  God's  ap- 
pointing him  ? 
24  Yet,     ships     come    from    Chittim's. 

shores, 

and  afflict  Asshur,  and  afflict  Eber — 
and  he,  too,  perisheth.' 

25  And  Balaam  rose  up,  and  went 
and  returned  to  his  place :  and  Balak 
also  went  his  way. 


138 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 


CHAPTER  XVH. 

A  ND  when  Israel  abode  in  the  plains 
of  Moab,    the   people   made   ac- 
quaintance   with    the    daughters    of 
Moab. 

2  And  they  called  the  people  unto 
the  sacrifices  of  their  gods:  and  the  j 
people  did  eat,  and  bowed  down  to 
their  gods. 

3  And   Israel  joined    himself   unto 
Baal-peor:  and  the  anger  of  the  LORD 
was  kindled  against  Israel. 

4  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Take  all  the  leaders  of  the  people, 
and  hang  them  up  before  the  LORD 
against  the  sun,  that  the  fierce  anger 
of  the  LORD  may  be   turned   away 
from  Israel. 

5  And  Moses  said  unto  the  judges  of 
Israel,   Slay  ye  every  one   his   men 
that  were  joined  unto  Baal-peor. 

6  And,  behold,  one  of  the  children 
of  Israel  came  and  brought  unto  his 
brethren  a  Midianitish  woman  in  the 
eight  of  Moses,  and  in  the  sight  of  all 
the  congregation  of   the  children  of 
Israel,  who  were  weeping  before  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

7  And  when  Phinehas,  the  son  of 
Eleazar,  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest, 
saw  it,  he  rose  up  from  among  the  | 
congregation,    and  took   a  javalin  in 
his  hand ; 

8  And  he  went  after  the  man  of  Is- 
sael,  and  thrust  both  of  them  through, 
the  man  of  Israel,   and  the  woman. 
So  the  plague  was  stayed  from  the 
children  of  Israel. 

i>  And  those  that  died  in  the  plague 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

10  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

11  Phinehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the 


son  of  Aaron  the  priest,  hath  turned 
my  wrath  away  from  the  children  of 
Israel,  while  he  was  zealous  for  my 
sake  among  them,  that  I  consumed 
not  the  children  of  Israel  in  my  jeal- 
ousy; 

12  Wherefore  say,   Behold,  I  give 
unto  him  my  covenant  of  peace : 

13  And  he   shall  have  it,   and  his 
children  after  him,  even  the  covenant 
of  an  everlasting  priesthood ;  because 
he  was  zealous  for  his  God,  and  made 
an  atomement  for  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

14  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

15  Make  war  upon  the  Midianites, 
and  smite  them : 

16  For  they  vexed  you  with  their 
wiles,  wherewith  they  have  beguiled 
you  in  the  matter  of  Peor,  in  the  day 
of  the  plague  for  Peer's  sake. 

17  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  people, 
saying,  Arm  some  of  yourselves  unto 
the  war,  and  let  them  go  against  the 
Midianites,  and  avenge  the  LORD  of 
Midian. 

18  Of     every     tribe     a    thousand, 
throughout   all   the  tribes  of  Israel, 
shall  ye  send  to  the  war. 

19  So  there  were  delivered  out  of 
the  thousands  of  Israel,  a  thousand  of 
every  tribe,   twelve  thousand  armed 
for  war. 

20  And  Moses  sent  them  to  the  war, 
a  thousand  of  every  tribe,  them  and 
Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the  priest, 
to  the  war,  with  the  holy  instruments, 
and  the  trumpets  to  blow  in  his  hand. 

21  And    they   warred    against    the 
Midianites,  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses  ;  and  they  slew  all  the  males. 

22  And  they  slew  the  kings  of  Mid- 
ian, beside  the  rest  of  them  that  were 
slain ;  namely,  Evi,  and  Rekem,  and 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


NUMBERS. 


139 


Zur,  and  Hur,  and  Ileba,  five  kings 
of  Midian:  Balaam  also  the  son  of 
Beor  they  slew  with  the  sword. 

23  And  they  burnt  all  their  cities 
wherein  they  dwelt  and  all  their  strong 
castles  with  fire. 

24  And  they  took  all  the  spoil  and 
all  the  prey,  both  of  men  and  of  beast. 

25  And  they  brought  all  unto  Moses 
and  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  unto  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
unto  the  camp  at  the  plains  of  Moab 
by  the  Jordan  near  Jericho. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

T'HEN  came  the  daughters  of  Zelo- 
phehad,  the  son  of  Hepher,  the 
son  of  Gilead,  the  son  of  Machir,  the 
son  of  Manasseh,  of  the  families  of 
Manasseh  the  son  of  Joseph;  and 
these  are  the  names  of  his  daughters ; 
Mahlah,  Noah,  and  Hoglah,  and  Mil- 
cah,  and  Tirzah. 

2  And  they  stood  before  Moses,  and 
before  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  before 
the  princes  and  all  the  congregation, 
by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  saying, 

3  Our  father  died  in  the  wilderness, 
and  he  was  not  in  the  company  of 
them   that    gathered   themselves   to- 
gether against  the  LORD  in  the  com- 
pany of  Korah ;  but  died  in  his  own 
sin,  and  had  no  sons. 

4  Why  should  the  name  of  our  father 
perish      from      among      his      family 
because  he  hath  no  son  ?     Give  unto 
us  therefore  a  possession  among  the 
brethren  of  our  father. 

5  And   Moses  brought  their  cause 
before  the  LORD. 

6  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

7  The     daughters  ,of     Zelophehad 
speak  right :    thou  shalt  surely  give 


them  a  possession  of  an  inheritance 
among  their  father's  brethren;  and 
thou  shalt  cause  the  inheritance  of 
their  father  to  pass  unto  them. 

8  And   thou  shalt  speak  unto   the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  If  a  man 
die,  and  have  no  son,   then  ye  shall 
cause  his  inheritance  to  pass  unto  hia 
daughter; 

9  And  if  he  have  no  daughter,  then 
ye  shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  hia 
brethren. 

10  And  if  he  have  no  brethren,  then 
ye  shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  hia 
father's  brethren. 

11  And  if  his  father  have  no  breth- 
ren, then  ye  shall  give  his  inheritance 
unto  his  kinsman  that  is  next  to  him  of 
his  family,  and  he   shall  possess  it: 
and  it  shall  be  unto  the  children  of 
Israel  a  statute  of  judgment,  as  the 
LORD  commanded  Moses. 

12  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Get  thee  up  into  this  mount  Abarim, 
and  see  the  land  which  I  have  given 
unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

13  And  when  thou  hast  seen  it,  thoa 
also  shalt  be  gathered  unto  thy  people, 
as  Aaron  thy  brother  was  gathered. 

14  For  ye  rebelled  against  my  com- 
mandment in  the  desert  of  Zin,  in  the 
strife  of  the  congregation,  to  sanctify 
me  at  the  water  before  their  eyes: 
that  is  the  water  of  Meribah  in  Kadesh 
in  the  wilderness  of  Zin. 

15  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  LORD, 
saying, 

16  Let  the  LORD,  the  God  of  the 
spirits  of  all  flesh,  set  a  man  over  the 
congregation, 

17  Which  may  go  out  before  them, 
and  which  may  go  in  before  them,  and 
which  may  lead  them  out,  and  which 
may  bring  them  in ;   that  the  congre- 


140 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


gation  of  the  LORD  be  not  as  sheep 
which  have  no  shepherd. 

18  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Take  thee  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  a 
man   in  whom  is  the  spirit,  and  lay 
thine  hand  upon  him ; 

19  And  set  him  before  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  before  all  the  congregation ; 
and  give  him  a  charge  in  their  sight. 

20  And  thou  shalt  put  some  of  thine 
honour  upon  him,  that  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel  may 
be  obedient. 

21  And  he  shall  stand  before  Eleazar  | 
the  priest,  who  shall  ask  counsel  for 
him  after  the  judgment  of  Urini  before 
the  LORD  :  at  his  word  shall  they  go 
out,  and  at  his  word  they  shall  come 
in,  both  he,  and  all  the  children  of 
Israel  with  him,  even  all  the  congre- 
gation. 

22  And  Moses  did  as  the  LORD  com- 
manded him:    and  he  took  Joshua, 
and  set  him  before  Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  before  all  the  congregation : 

23  And  he  laid  his  hands  upon  him. 
and  gave  him  a  charge,  as  the  LORD 
commanded  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

A  ND  Moses  spake  unto  the  heads  of 
the    tribes    of    the     children    of 
Israel,     saying,    This    is    the    thing 
which  the  LORD  hath  commanded. 

2  If   a   man   vow  a  vow  unto  the 
LORD,  or  swear  an  oath  to  bind  his 
soul  with  a  bond ;'  he  shall  not  break 
his  word,  he  shall  do  according  to  all 
that  proceedeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

3  If  a  woman  also  vow  a  vow  unto 
the  LORD,  and  bind  herself  by  a  bond, 
being   in   her   father's   house  in  her 
youth ; 

4  And  her  father  hear  her  vow,  and 
her  bond  wherewith  she  hath  bound 


her  soul,  and  her  father  shall  hold  his 
peace  at  her  ;  then  all  her  vows  shall 
stand,  and  every  bond  wherewith  she 
hath  bound  her  soul  shall  stand. 

5  But  if  her  father  disallow  her  in 
the  day  that  he  heareth,  not  any  of 
her  vows,  or  of  her  bonds  wherewith 
she  hath  bound  her  soul,  shall  stand ; 
and  the  LORD  shall  forgive  her,  be- 
cause her  father  disallowed  her. 

6  And  if  she  had  a  husband,  when 
she    vowed,    or    uttered    aught    out 
of  her  lips,  wherewith  she  bound  her 
soul ; 

7  And  her  husband  heard  it,   and 
held  his  peace  at  her  in  the  day  that 
he  heard  it :  then  her  vows  shall  stand, 
and  her  bonds  wherewith  she  bound 
her  soul  shall  stand. 

8  But  if  her  husband  disallowed  her 
on  the  day  that  he  heard  it,  then  he 
shall  make  her  vow  which  she  vowed, 
and  that  which  she  uttered  with  her 
lips,  wherewith  she  bound  her  soul, 
of  none  effect;    and  the  LORD  shall 
forgive  her. 

9  But  every  vow  of  a  widow,  and  of 
her  that  is  divorced,  wherewith  they 
have  bound  their  souls,    shall  stand 
against  her, 

10  And  if  she  vowed  in  her  husband's 
house,  or  bound  her  soul  by  a  bond 
with  an  oath ; 

11  And  her  husband  heard  it,   and 
held  his  peace  at  her,  and  dissallowed 
her  not :  then  all  her  vows  shall  stand, 
and  every  bond  wherewith  she  bound 
her  soul  shall  stand. 

12  But  if  her  husband  hath  utterly 
niade  them  void  on  the  day  he  heard 
them ;  then  whatsoever  proceeded  out 
of  her  lips  concerning  her  vows,   or 
concerning  the  bond  of  her  soul,  shall 
not  stand:    her  husband   hath  made 


CHAPTER  XX. 


NUMBERS. 


141 


them  void ;  and  the  LORD  shall  for-  j 
give  her. 

13  Every  vow,    and  every  binding 
oath  to  afflict  the  soul,  her  husband 
may  establish  it,  or  her  husband  may  | 
make  it  void. 

14  But   if  her  husband  altogether 
hold  his  peace  at  her  from  day  to  day ; 
then  he  establisheth  all  her  vows,  or 
all  her  bonds,  which  are  upon  her :  he 
confirineth  them,  because  he  held  his 
peace  at  her  in  the  day  that  he  heard 
them. 

15  But  if  he  shall  any  ways  make 
them  void  after  that  he  hath  heard 
them  ;  then  he  shall  bear  her  iniquity. 

16  These   are  the    statutes,    which 
the  LORD  commanded  Moses,  between  | 
a  man   and   his    wife,    between   the 
father  and  his  daughter,  being  yet  in 
her  youth  in  her  father's  house. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

>W  the  children  of  Reuben  and 
the  children  of  Gad  had  a  very 
great  multitude  of  cattle:  and  when 
they  saw  the  land  of  Jazer,  and  the 
land  of  Gilead,  that,  behold,  the  place 
was  a  place  for  cattle ; 

2  The  children  of  Gad  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  came  and  spake  unto 
Moses,  and  to  Eleazar  the  priest,  and 
unto  the  princes  of  the  congregation, 
saying, 

3  Ataroth,   and  Dibon,  and  Jazer, 
and  Nimrah,  and  Heshbon,  and  Ele- 
aleh,  and  Shebarn,  and  Nebo,  and  Beon, 

4  Even  the  country  which  the  LORD 
smote  before  the  congregation  of  Is- 
rael,   is  a   land  for  cattle,   and  thy 
servants  have  cattle : 

5  Wherefore,  said  they,  if  we  have 
found  grace  in  thy  sight,  let  this  land 
be  given  unto  thy  servants  for  a  pos- 
session, and  bring  us  not  over  Jordan. 


6  And  Moses  said  unto  the  children 
of  Gad  and  to  the  children  of  Reuben, 
Shall  your  brethren  go  to  war,   and 
shall  ye  sit  here  ? 

7  And  wherefore  discourage  ye  the 
heart  of  the  children  of  Israel  from 
going  over  into  the  land  which  the 
LORD  hath  given  them  ? 

8  Thus    did   your  fathers,   when  I 
sent  them  from  Kadesh-barnea  to  see 
the  land. 

9  For  when  they  went  up  unto  the 
valley  of  Eshcol,  and  saw  the  land, 
they  discouraged  the  heart  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  that  they  should  not 
go  into  the  land  which  the  LORD  had 
given  them. 

10  And  the  LORD'S  anger  was  kin- 
dled the  same  time,   and  he   sware, 
saying, 

11  Surely  none  of  the  men  that  came 
up  out  of  Egypt,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,    shall  see  the  land 
which  I  sware  unto  Abraham,  unto 
Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob ;  because  they 
have  not  wholly  followed  me : 

12  Save  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh 
the  Kenezite,  and  Joshua  the  son  of 
Nun  :   for  they  have  wholly  followed 
the  LORD. 

13  And  the  LORD'S  anger  was  kin- 
dled against  Israel,  and  he  made  them 
wander  in  the  wilderness  forty  years, 
until  all  the  generation,  that  had  done 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  LORD,   was 
consumed. 

14  And,  behold,  ye  are  risen  up  in 
your   father's   stead,   an  increase  of 
sinful  men,  to  augment  yet  the  fierce 
anger  of  the  LORD  toward  Israel. 

15  For  if  ye  turn  away  from  after 
him,  he  will  yet  again  leave  them  in 
the  wilderness ;  and  ye  shall  destroy 
all  this  people. 

16  And  they  came  near  unto  him, 


142 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XX. 


and  said,  We  will  build  sheepfolds 
here  for  our  cattle,  and  cities  for  our 
little  ones : 

17  But  we  ourselves  will  go  ready 
armed  before  the  children  of  Israel, 
until  we  have  brought  them  unto  their 
place:   and  our  little  ones  shall  dwell 
in  the  fenced  cities,   because  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land. 

18  We    will    not   return   unto   our 
houses,    until  the  children  of  Israel 
have  inherited  every  man  his  inheri- 
tance : 

19  For  we  will  not  inherit  with  them 
on  yonder  side  Jordan,  or  forward; 
because  our  inheritance  is  fallen  to  us 
on  this  side  Jordan  eastward. 

20  And  Moses  said  unto  them,  If 
ye  will  do  this  thing,   if  ye  will  go 
armed  before  the  LORD  to  war, 

21  And  will  go  all  of  you  armed 
over  Jordan  before  the  LORD,  until 
he  hath  driven  out  his  enemies  from 
before  him, 

22  And  the  land  be  subdued  before 
the  LORD:    then  afterward  ye  shall 
return,    and   be  guiltless  before  the 
LORD,  and  before  Israel;    and  this 
land  shall  be  your  possession  before 
the  LORD. 

23  But  if  ye  will  not  do  so,  behold, 
ye  have  sinned  against  the  LORD  :  and 
be  sure  your  sin  will  find  you  out. 

24  Build  you  cities  for  your  little 
ones,  and  folds  for  your  sheep ;    and 
do  that  which  hath  proceeded  out  of 
your  mouth. 

25  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
children  of  Reuben  spoke  unto  Moses, 
saying,  Thy  servants  will  do  as  my 
lord  commandeth. 

26  Our  little  ones,  our  wives,   our 
flocks,  and  all  our  cattle,  shall  be  there 
in  the  cities  of  Gilead : 

27  But  thy  servants  will  pass  over, 


every  man  armed  for  war,  before  the 
LORD  to  battle,  as  my  lord  saith. 

28  So  concerning  them  Moses  com- 
manded Eleazar  the  priest,  and  Joshua 
the  son  of  Nun,  and  the  chief  fathers 
of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel : 

29  And  Moses  said  unto  them,  If 
the  children  of  Gad  and  the  children 
of  Reuben  will  pass  with  you  over 
Jordan,  every  man  armed  to  battle, 
before  the  LORD,  and  the  land  shall 
be  subdued  before  you ;  then  ye  shall 
give  them  the  land  of  Gilead  for  a 
possession : 

30  But  if  they  will  not  pass  over 
with  you  armed,  they  shall  have  pos- 
sessions  among   you  in  the  land  of 
Canaan. 

31  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
children  of  Reuben  answered,  saying, 
As   the   LORD  hath   said   unto  thy 
servants,  so  will  we  do. 

32  We  will  pass  over  armed  before 
the  LORD  into  the  land  of  Canaan, 
that  the  possession  of  our  inheritance 
on  this  side  Jordan  may  be  ours. 

33  And  Moses  gave  unto  them,  even 
to  the  children  of  Gad,  and  to  the 
children  of  Reuben,  and  unto  half  the 
tribe  of  Manasseh  the  son  of  Joseph, 
the    kingdom   of   Sihon  king  of  the 
Amorites,  and  the  kingdom  of  Og  king 
of  Bashan,  the  land,  with  the  cities 
thereof  in  the  coasts,  even  the  cities 
of  the  country  round  about. 

34  And  the  children  of  Gad  built 
Dibon,  and  Ataroth,  and  Aroer, 

35  And  Atroth,  Shophan,  and  Jaa- 
zer,  and  Jogbehah, 

30  And  Beth-nimrah,  and  Beth- 
haran,  fenced  cities;  and.  folds  for 
sheep. 

37  And  the  children  of  Reuben  built 
Heshbon,  and  Elealeh,  and  Kirja- 
thairn, 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XXI. 

38  And  Nebo,  and  Baal-meon,  (their 
names  being  changed,)  and  Shibuiah: 
and  gave  other  names  unto  the  cities 
which  they  builded. 

39  And  the  children  of  Machir  the 
son  of  Manasseh  went  to  Gilead,  and 
took  it,  and  dispossessed  the  Amorite 
which  was  in  it. 

40  And   Moses   gave   Gilead    unto 
Machir  the  son  of  Manasseh ;  and  he 
dwelt  therein. 

41  And  Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh 
went  and  took  the  small  towns  there- 
of, and  called  them  Havoth-jair. 

42  And  Nobah  went  and  took  Ke- 
nath,  and  the  villages  thereof,   and 
called  it  Nobah,  after  his  own  name. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

THESE  are  the  journeys  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  which  went  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  their 
armies  under  the  hand  of  Moses  and 
Aaron. 

2  And  Moses  wrote  their  goings  out 
according   to   their  journeys   by  the 
commandment    of    the    LORD:     and 
these  are  their  journeys  according  to 
their  goings  out. 

3  And  they  departed  from  Rameses 
in  the  first  month,   on  the  fifteenth 
day  of  the  first  month ;  on  the  morrow 
after  the  passover  the  children  of  Is 
rael  went  out  with  a  high  hand  in  the 
sight  of  all  the  Egyptians : 

4  And  they  departed  fromSuccoth 
and  pitched  in  Etham,  and  then  turned 
again  unto  Pi-hahiroth. 

5  And  they  departed  from  Pi-hahi- 
roth, and  passed  through  the  midst  oi 
the  sea  into  the  wilderness,  and  came 
to  Marah. 

6  And   they   removed  from  Marah 
and  came  to  Elim ;  and  they  removed 


143 


Tom  Elim  and  encamped  by  the  Red 
sea;   from  thence  they  removed  and 
ncamped  in  the  wilderness  of  Sin. 

7  And  they  took   up  their  journey 
:rom  the  wilderness  of  Sin  and  en- 
camped   at    the    following    stations : 
Dophkah,    Alush,    Rephidim,    Sinai, 
Kibroth-hattaavah,    Hazeroth,    Rith- 
mah,    Rimon-parez,  Libnah,   Rissah, 
Kehelathah,  Shapher,  Aaradah,  Mak- 
heloth,     Tahath,     Tarah,     Mithcah, 
Hashmonah,  Moseroth,  Bene-jaakan, 
Hor-hagidgad,   Jotbathah,    Ebronah, 
Ezion-gaber,    Kadesh,    Mount    Hor, 
Zalmonah,  Punon,  Oboth,  Iye-abarint 
Dibon-Gad,  Almon-diblothaim,  Mount 
Nebo. 

8  And  they  departed  from  the  moun- 
tains  of    Abarim,    near    Nebo,    and 
pitched  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by  Jor- 
dan near  Jericho. 

9  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
in  the  plains  of  Moab  by  Jordan  near 
Jericho,  saying,  Speak  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,   and  say  unto  them, 
When  ye  are  passed  over  Jordan  into 
the  land  of  Canaan  ; 

10  Then  ye  shall  drive  out  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land  from  before 
you,  and  destroy  all  their  pictures,  and 
destroy  all  their  molten  images,  and 
quite    pluck    down    all    their    high 
places : 

11  And  ye  shall  possess  the  land, 
and  dwell  therein :   for  I  have  given 
you  the  land  to  possess  it. 

12  And  ye  shall  divide  the  land  by 
lot  for  an  inheritance  among  your  fa- 
milies ; .  and  to  the  more  ye  shall  give 
the  more  inheritance,  and  to  the  fewer 
ye  shall  give  the  less  inheritance :  every 
man's  inheritance  shall  be  in  the  place 
where  his  lot   falleth;    according   to 
the   tribes   of  your   fathers  ye  shall 
inherit. 


144 


NUMBERS.  CHAPTER  XXII-XXI II. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 

A  ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  When  ye  come 
into  the  land   of  Canaan;    the   land 
that  shall  fall  unto  you  for  an  inherit- 
ance, even  the  land  of  Canaan  with 
the  coasts  thereof: 

3  Then  your  south  quarter  shall  be 
from  the  wilderness  of  Zin  along  by 
the  coast  of  Edom,  and  your  south 
border  shall  be  the  outmost  coast  of 
the  salt  sea  eastward : 

4  And  your  border  shall  turn  from 
the  south  to  the  ascent  of  Akrabbim, 
and  pass  on  to  Zin:    and  the  going 
forth  thereof  shall  be  from  the  south 


and  shall  reach  unto  the  side  of  the 
sea  of  Chinnereth  eastward : 

12  And  the  border  shall  go  down  to 
Jordan,  and  the  goings  out  of  it  shall 
be  at  the  salt  sea :   this  shall  be  your 
land   with-  the   coasts  thereof  round 
about. 

13  And  Moses  commanded  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying,  This  is  the  land 
which  ye  shall  inherit  by  lot,  which 
the  LORD  commanded  to  give  unto  the 
nine  tribes,  and  to  the  half  tribe : 

14  For  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Reuben  according  to  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  and  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Gad  according  to  the  house  of  their 
fathers,   have  received  their  inherit- 
ance ;   and  half  the  tribe  of  Manasseh 
have  received  their  inheritance : 


to  Kadesh-barnea,  and  shall  go  on  to  |    15  The  two  tribes  and  the  half  tribe 
Hazar-addar,  and  pass  on  to  Azmon: 

5  And  the  border  shall  fetch  a  com- 
pass from  Azmon  unto  the  river  of 
Egypt,  and  the  goings  out  of  it  shall 
l>e  at  the  sea. 

6  And  as  for  the  western  border,  ye 
shall  even  have  the  great  sea  for  a 

border :  this  shall  be  your  west  border.   and  gay  untQ  ^^  When  ye  be  come 

7  And   this     shall     be   your    north   over  Jordan  into  the  land  of  Canaan, 
border:    from  the  great  sea  ye  shall     3  Then  ye  shall  appoint  you  cities 
point  out  for  you  mount  Hor:  to  be  cities  of  refuge  for  you;    that 

8  From  mount  Hor  ye  shall  point  the  slayer    may   flee    thither,    which 


have  received  their  inheritance  on  this 
side  Jordan  near  Jericho  eastward, 
toward  the  sunrising. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

J^ND  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses, 

saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 


out  your  border  unto  the  entrance  of 
Hamath ;  and  the  goings  forth  of  the 
border  shall  be  to  Zedad  : 

9  And    the    border  shall  go  on  to 
Ziphron  and  the  goings  out  of  it  shall 
be  at  Hazar-enan :  this  shall  be  your 
north  border. 

10  And  ye  shall  point  out  your  east 
border  from  Hazar-enan  to  Shepham : 

11  And  the  coast  shall  go  down  from 
Shepham  to  Riblah,  on  the  east  side 


killeth  any  person  at  unawares. 

4  And  they  shall  be  unto  you  cities 
for  refuge  from  the  avenger  ;  that  the 
manslayer  die  not,  until  he  stand  be- 
fore the  congregation  in  judgment. 

5  And  of  these  cities  which  ye  shall 
give,  six  cities  shall  ye  have  for  refuge. 

6  Ye  shall  give  three  cities  on  this 
side  Jordan,  and  three  cities  shall  ye 
give  in  the   land   of  Canaan,   which 
shall  be  cities  of  refuge. 


of  Am;  and  the  border  shall  descend,  '    7  These  six  cities  shall  be  a  refuge, 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 


NUMBERS. 


145 


both  for  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
for  the  stranger,  and  for  the  sojourner 
among  them;  that  every  one  that 
killeth  any  person  unawares  may  flee 
thither. 

8  And  if  he  smite  him  with  an  in- 
strument of  iron,  so  that  he  die,  he 
is  a  murderer:     the   murderer  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

9  And  if  he  smite  him  with  throwing 
a  stone,  wherewith  he  may  die,  and 
he  die,  he  is  a  murderer :   the  murderer 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

10  Or  if  he  smite  him  with  a  hand 
weapon  of  wood,  wherewith  he  may 
die,  and  he  die,  he  is  a  murderer:  the 
murderer  shall  surely  be  put  to  cleath. 

11  The  revenger  of   blood  himself 
shall    slay   the   murderer:     when   he 
meeteth  him,  he  shall  slay  him. 

12  And  if  he  thrust  him  of  hatred, 
or  hurl  at  him  by  laying  of  wait,  that 
he  die ; 

13  Or  in  enmity  smite  him  with  his 
hand,  that  he  die :  he  that  smote  him 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death  ;   for  he 
is  a  murderer :  the  revenger  of  blood 
shall  slay  the  murderer,  when  he  meet 
eth  him. 

14  But  if  he  thrust  him  suddenly 
without  enmity,  or  have  cast  upon  him 
any  thing  without  laying  of  wait, 

15  Or  with  any  stone,  wherewith  a 
man  may  die,  seeing  him  not,  and  cast 
it  upon  him,  that  he  die,  and  was  not 
his  enemy,  neither  sought  his  harm: 

16  Then  the  congregation  shall  judge 
between  the  slayer  and  the  revenger 
of  blood    according    to    these   judg- 
ments : 

17  And  the  congregation  shall  de- 
liver the  slayer  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
revenger  of  blood,  and  the  congrega- 
tion shall  restore  him  to  the  city  of 
his  refuge,  whither  he  was  fled :    and 


he  shall  abide  in  it  unto  the  death  of 
the  high  priest,  which  was  anointed 
with  the  holy  oil. 

18  But  if  the   slayer  shall  at  any 
time  come  without  the  border  of  the 
city  of   his  refuge,   whither   he  was 
fled; 

19  And  the  revenger  of  blood  find 
him  without  the  borders  of  the  city  of 
his  refuge    and  the  revenger  of  blood 
kill  the  slayer;  he  shall  not  be  guilty 
of  blood : 

20  Because  he  should  have  remained 
in  the  city  of  his  refuge  until  the  death 
of  the  high  priest :  but  after  the  death 
of  the  high  priest  the  slayer  shall  re- 
turn into  the  land  of  his  possession 

*£[  And  these  things  shall  be  for  a 
statute  of  judgment  unto  you  through- 
out your  generations  in  all  your  dwel- 
lings. 

22  Whoso  killeth  any  person,    the 
murderer  shall  be  put  to  death  by  the 
mouth  of  witnesses:    but  one  witness 
shall  not  testify  against  any  person  to 
cause  him  to  die. 

23  Moreover  ye  shall  take  no  satis- 
faction  for  the   life  of   a  murderer, 
which  is  guilty  of  death :  but  he  shall 
be  surely  put  to  death. 

24  And  ye  shall  take  no  satisfaction 
for  him  that  is  fled  to  the  city  of  his 
refuge,  that  he  should  come  again  to 
dwell  in  the  land,  until  the  death  of 
the  priest. 

25  And  ye  shall  not  pollute  the  land 
wherein  ye  are ;  for  blood  defileth  the 
land :  and  the  land  cannot  be  cleansed 
of  the   innocent  blood  that  is  shed 
therein,  but  by  the  blood  of  him  that 
shed  it. 

26  Defile    not    therefore    the    land 
which    ye   shall   inhabit,    wherein    I 
dwell:  for  I  the  LORD  dwell  among 
the  children  of  Israel. 


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CHAPTER  XXIV. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

A  ND  the  chief  fathers  of  the  families 
of  the  children  of  Gilead,  the  son 
of  Machir,  the  son  of  Manasseh,  of 
the  families  of  the  sons  of  Joseph, 
came  near,  and  spake  before  Moses, 
and  before  the  princes,  the  chief 
fathers  of  the  children  of  Israel : 

2  And  they  said,  The  LORD  com- 
manded my  lord  to  give  the  land  for 
an  inheritance  by  lot  to  the  children 
of  Israel :   and  my  lord  was  commanded 
by  the  LORD  to  give  the  inheritance 
of  Zelophehad  our  brother  unto  his 
daughters. 

3  And  if  they  ^be  married  to  any  of 
the  sons  of  the  other  tribes  of  the  cfeil- 
dren  of  Israel,  then  shall  their  inherit- 
ance be  taken  from  the  inheritance  of 
our  fathers,  and  shall  be  put  to  the 
inheritance  of  the  tribe  whereunto  they 
are  received :   so  shall  it  be  taken  from 
the  lot  of  our  inheritance. 

4  And  when  the  jubilee  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  be,  then  shall  their 
inheritance  be  put  unto  the  inheritance 
of  the  tribe  whereunto  they  are  re- 
ceived: so  shall  their  inheritance  be 
taken  away  from  the  inheritance  of 
the  tribe  of  our  fathers. 

5  And  Moses  commanded  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  according  to  the  word 
of  the  LORD,  saying,  The  tribe  of  the 
sons  of  Joseph  hath  said  well. 

6  This  is  the  thing  which  the  LORD 
doth  command  concerning  the  daugh- 
ters of  Zelophehad,  saying,  Let  them 


marry  to  whom  they  think  best:  only 
to  the  family  of  the  tribe  of  their 
father  shall  they  marry. 

7  So  shall  not  the  inheritance  of  the 
children  of  Israel  remove  from  tribe 
to  tribe :  for  every  one  of  the  children 
of  Israel  shall  keep  himself  to  the  in- 
heritance of  the  tribe  of  his  fathers. 

8  And  every  daughter  that  possess- 
eth  an  inheritance  in  any  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  shall  be  wife  unto 
one  of  the  f-imily  of  the  tribe  of  her 
father,  that  the  children  of  Israel  may 
enjoy  every  man  the  inheritance  of  his 
fathers. 

9  Neither  shall  the  inheritance  re- 
move from  one  tribe  to  another  tribe ; 
but  every  one  of  the  tribes  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  keep  himself  to 
his  own  inheritance. 

10  Even  as  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses,  so  did  the  daughters  of  Zelo- 
phehad ; 

11  For  Mahlah,  Tirzah,  and  Hoglah, 
and  Milcah,  and  Noah,  the  daughters 
of    Zelophehad,    were   married    unto 
their  father's  brother's  sons : 

12  And  they  were  married  into  the 
families  of  the  sons  of  Manasseh  the 
son  of  Joseph,   and  their  inheritance 
remained  in  the  tribe  of  the  family  of 
their  father. 

13  These    are    the    commandments 
and  the  judgments,  which  the  LORD 
commanded,   by  the  hand  of  Moses, 
unto  the  children  of  Israel  in  the  plains 
of  Moab  by  Jordan  near  Jericho. 


DEUTERONOMY, 


CALLED    THE   FIFTH   BOOK   OF   MOSES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THESE  are  the  words  which  Moses 
spake  unto  all  Israel  on  this  side 
Jordan  in  the  wilderness,  in  the  plain 
over  against  the  Red  sea,  between 
Paran,  and  Tophel,  and  Laban,  and 
Hazeroth,  and  Dizahab. 

2  (There   are   eleven   days'  journey 
from  Horeb  by  the  way  of  mount  Seir 
unto  Kadesh-barnea.) 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fortieth 
year,  in  the  eleventh  month,  on  the 
first,  day  of  the  month,  that*  Moses 
spake  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  ac- 
cording unto  all  that  the  LORD  had 
commanded  him  unto  them ; 

4  After  he  had  slain  Sihon  the  king 
of  the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  in  Hesh- 
bon,    and  Og  the   king   of   Bashan, 
which  dwelt  at  Astaroth  in  Edrei : 

5  On  this  side  Jordan,  in  the  land  of 
Moab,   began  Moses  to  declare  this 
law,  saying, 

6  The  LORD  our  God  spake  unto  us 
in  Horeb,  saying,  Ye  have  dwelt  long 
enough  in  this  mount: 

7  Turn  you,  and  take  your  journey, 
and  go  to  the  mount  of  the  Amorites, 
and  unto  all  the  places  nigh  thereunto, 
in  the  plain,  in  the  hills,  and  in  the 
vale,  and  in  the  south,  and  by  the  sea 
side,  to  the  land  of  the  Canaanites, 
and  unto  Lebanon,    unto   the   great 
river,  the  river  Euphrates. 

8  Behold,  I  have  set  the  land  before 
you :  go  in  and  possess  the  land  which 


the  LORD  sware  unto  your  fathers, 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  to  give 
unto  them  and  to  their  children  after 
them. 

9  And  I  spake  unto  you  at  that  time, 
saying,  I  am  not  able  to  bear  you  my- 
self alone : 

10  The  LORD  your  God  hath  multi- 
plied you,  and,  behold,  ye  are  this  day 
as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multitude. 

11  The  LORD  God  of  your  fathers 
make  you  a  thousand  times  so  many 
more  as  ye  are,  and  bless  you,  as  he 
hath  promised  you  ! 

12  How  can  I  myself   alone  bear 
your   cumbrance,    and   your   burden, 
and  your  strife? 

13  Take  you  wise  men,  men  of  un- 
derstanding, and  known  among  your 
tribes,    and  I  will  make  them  rulers 
over  you. 

14  And  ye  answered  me,  and  said, 
The  thing  which  thou  hast  spoken  is 
good  for  us  to  do. 

15  So  I  took  the  chiefs  of  your  tribes, 
wise  men,  and  known,  and  made  them 
heads  over  you,  captains  over  thou- 
sands, and  captains  over  hundreds,  and 
captains  over  fifties,  and  captains  over 
tens,  and  officers  among  your  tribes. 

16  And  I  charged  your  judges  at 
that  time,  saying,  Hear  the  causes  be- 
tween your  brethren,  and  judge  right- 
eously  between  every  man    and   his 
brother,  and  the  stranger  that  is  with 
him. 


148 


DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  I 


17  Ye  shall  not  respect  persons  in 
judgment ;  but  ye  shall  hear  the  small 
as  well  as  the  great ;  ye  shall  not  be 
afraid  of  the  face  of  man  ;    for  the 
judgment   is   God's :   and    the  cause 
that  is  too  hard  for  you,  bring  it  unto 
me,  and  I  will  hear  it. 

18  And  I  commanded  you  at  that 
time  all  the  things  which  ye  should  do. 

19  And  when  we  departed  from  Ho- 
reb,  we  went  through  all  that  great 
and  terrible  wilderness,  which  ye  saw 
by  the  way  of  the  mountain  of  the  , 
Amorites,  as  the  LORD  our  God  com- 
manded us  ;  and  we  came  to  Kadesh-  j 
barnea. 

20  And  I  said  unto   you,   Ye    are  | 
come  unto  the  mountain  of  the  Amor- 
ites, which  the  LORD  our  God  doth 
give  unto  us. 

21  Behold,  the  LORD  thy  God  hath 
set  the  land  before  thee :  go  up  and 
possess  it,  as  the  LORD  God  of  thy 
fathers  hath  said  unto  thee ;  fear  not, 
neither  be  discouraged. 

22  And  ye  came  near  unto  me  every 
one  of  you,  and  said,  We  will  send 
men  before  us,  and  they  shall  search 
us  out  the  land,  and  bring  us  word 
again  by  what  way  we  must  go  up, 
and  into  what  cities  we  shall  come. 

23  And  the  saying  pleased  me  well ; 
and  1  took  twelve  men  of  you,  one  of 
each  tribe : 

24  And  they  turned  and  went  up 
into  the  mountain,  and  came  unto  the 
valley  of  Eshcol,  and  searched  it  out. 

25  And  they  took  of  the  fruit  of  the 
land  in  their  hands,  and  brought  it 
down  unto  us,  and  brought  us  word 
again,   and   said,   It  is  a  good  land 
which  the  LORD  our  God  doth  give  us. 

26  Notwithstanding  ye  would  not  go 
up,    but   rebelled   against   the    com- 
mandment of  the  LORD  your  God : 


27  And  ye  murmured  in  your  tents, 
and  said,  Because  the  LORD  hated  us, 
he  hath  brought  us  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  to  deliver  us  into  the 
hand  of  the  Amorites,  to  destroy  us. 

28  Whither  shall  we    go   up?   our 
brethren  have  discouraged  our  heart, 
saying,  The  people  are  greater  and  tal- 
ler than  we ;  the  cities  are  great  and 
walled  up  to  heaven ;   and  moreover 
we  have  seen  the  sons  of  the  Anakim 
there. 

29  Then  I  said  unto  you,  Dread  not, 
neither  be  afraid  of  them. 

30  The  LORD  your  God  which  goeth 
before  you,  he  shall  fight  for  you,  ac- 
cording to  all  that  he  did  for  you  in 
Egypt  before  your  eyes  ; 

31  And   in   the   wilderness,    where 
thou  hast  seen  how  that  the  LORD  thy 
God  bare  thee,  as  a  man  doth  bear 
his  son,  in  all  the  way  that  ye  went, 
until  ye  came  into  this  place. 

32  Yet  in  this  thing  ye  did  not  be- 
lieve the  LORD  your  God, 

33  Who  went  in  the  way  before  you, 
to  search  you  out  a  place  to  pitch  your 
tents  in,  in  fire  by  night,  to  show  you 
by  what  way  ye  should  go,  and  in  a 
cloud  by  day. 

34  And  the  LORD  heard  the  voice 
of  your  words,   and  was  wroth,  and 
sware,  saying, 

35  Surely   there   shall   not   one   of 
these  men  of  this  evil  generation  see 
that  good  land,  which  I  sware  to  give 
unto  your  fathers, 

36  Save  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephun- 
neh  ;  he  shall  see  it,  and  to  him  will 
I  give  the  land  that  he  hath  trodden 
upon,  and  to  his  children,  because  he 
hath  wholly  followed  the  LORD. 

37  Also  the  LORD  was  angry  with 
me  for  your  sakes,  saying,  Thou  also 
shalt  not  go  in  thither. 


CHAPTER  II. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


149 


38  But   Joshua   the   son   of    Nun, 
which  standeth  before  thee,  he  shall 
go  in  thither :  encourage  him :   for  he 
shall  cause  Israel  to  inherit  it. 

39  Moreover  your  little  ones,  which 
ye  said  should  be  a  prey,  and  your 
children,   which  in  that  day  had  no 
knowledge   between    good    and    evil, 
they  shall  go  in  thither,  and  unto  them 
will  I  give  it,  and  they  shall  possess  it. 

40  But  as  for  you,  turn  you,  and 
take  your  journey  into  the  wilderness 
by  the  way  of  the  Red  sea. 

41  Then  ye  answered  and  said  unto 
me,    We    have    sinned    against   the 
LORD,  we  will  go  up  and  fight,   ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  LORD  our  God 
commanded  us.     And  when  ye   had 
girded  on  every  man  his  weapons  of 
war,  ye  were  ready  to  go  up  into  the  hill. 

42  And  the  LORD  said  unto   me, 
Say  unto  them,  Go  not  up,  neither 
fight ;  f or  I  am  not  among  you ;  lest 
ye  be  smitten  before  your  enemies. 

43  So  I  spake  unto  you;    and  ye 
would  not  hear,  but  rebelled  against 
the  commandment  of  the  LORD,  and 
went  presumptuously  up  into  the  hill. 

44  And  the  Amorites,  which  dwelt 
in  that  mountain,   came  out  against 
you,  and  chased  you,  as  bees  do,  and 
destroyed  you  in  Seir,  even  unto  Hor- 
niah. 

45  And  ye  returned  and  wept  before 
the  LORD  ;  but  the  LORD  would  not 
hearken  to  your  voice,  nor  give   ear 
unto  you. 

46  So  ye  abode  in  Kadesh   many 
days,  according  unto  the  days  that  ye 
abode  there. 

CHAPTER  II. 

we   turned,    and   took    our 
journey  into  the  wilderness  by  the 
way  of  the  Red  sea,   as  the  LORD 


spake  unto  me:    and  we  compassed 
mount  Seir  many  days. 

2  And  the  LORD  spake   unto  me, 
saying, 

3  Ye  have  compassed  this  mountain 
long  enough :  turn  you  northward. 

4  And  command  thou  the   people, 
saying,   Ye  are  to  pass  "through   the 
coast  of  your  brethren  the  children  of 
Esau,  which  dwell  in  Seir ;  and  they 

j  shall  be  afraid  of  you :  take  ye  good 
heed  unto  yourselves  therefore  : 

5  Meddle  not  with  them ;  for  I  will 
not  give  you  of  their  land,  no,  not  so 
much   as   a   footbreadth;    because  I 
have  given  mount  Seir  unto  Esau  for 
a  possession. 

6  Ye  shall  buy  meat  of  them  for 
money,  that  ye  may  eat ;  and  ye  shall 
also  buy  water  of  them  for  money, 
that  ye  may  drink. 

7  For  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  bles- 
sed thee  in  all  the  works  of  thy  hand: 
he  knoweth  thy  walking  through  this 
great  wilderness :  these  forty  years  the 
LORD  thy  God  hath  been  with  thee ; 
thou  hast  lacked  nothing. 

8  And  when  we  passed  by  from  our 
brethren  the  children  of  Esau,  which 
dwell  in  Seir,  through  the  way  of  the 
plain   from    Elath,    and  from  Ezion- 
gaber,  we  turned  and  passed  by  the 
way  of  the  wilderness  of  Moab. 

9  And  the  LORD  said  unto  me,  Dis- 
tress not  the  Moabites,  neither  con- 
tend with  them  in  battle :   for  I  will 
not  give  thee  of  their  land  for  a  pos- 
session :  because  I  have  given  Ar  unto 
the  children  of  Lot  for  a  possession. 

1(X  The  Emirn  dwelt  therein  in  times 
past,  a  people  great,  and  many,  and 
tall,  as  the  Anakim ; 

11  Which  also  were  accounted  giants, 
as  the  Anakim ;  but  the  Moabites  call 
them  Emim. 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  II. 


12  The  Horim  also  dwelt  in  Seir  he- 
foretime;   but  the  children  of  Esau 
succeeded  them,  when  they  had  de- 
stroyed them  from  before  them,  and 
dwelt  in   their  stead;    as  Israel  did 
unto  the  land  of  his  possession,  which 
the  LORD  gave  unto  them. 

13  Now  rise"  up,  said  I,  and  get  you 
over  the  brook  Zered.     And  we  went 
over  the  brook  Zered. 

14  And  the  space  in  which  we  came 


of  thee,  and  shall  tremble,  and  be  in 
awe  because  of  thee. 

22  And  I  sent  messengers  out  of  the 
wilderness  of  Kedemoth  unto  Sihon 
king  of  Heshbon  with  words  of  peace, 
saying, 

23  Let  me  pass  through  thy  land: 
I  will  go  along  by  the  high  way,  I  will 
neither  turn  unto  the  right  hand  nor 
to  the  left. 


24  Thou   shalt    sell    me   meat   for 

from  Kadesh-barnea,   until  we  were  |  money,  that  I  may  eat ;  and  give  me 
come  over  the  brook  Zered,  was  thirty  {  water  for  money,  that  I  may  drink: 
and  eight  years ;  until  all  the  genera- 
tion of  the  men  of  war  were  wasted 


out  from  among  the  host,  as  the  LORD 
sware  unto  them. 
15  For  indeed  the  hand  of  the  LORD 


only  I  will  pass  through  on  my  feet : 
25  (As  the  children  of  Esau  which 


dwell  in  Seir,  and  the  Moabites  which 
dwell  in  Ar,  did  unto  me:)  until  I 
shall  pass  over  Jordan  into  the  land 


was  against  them,   to  destroy    them   which  the  LORD  our  God  giveth  us. 
from  among  the  host,  until  they  were     26  But  Sihon  king  of  Heshbon  would 


consumed. 


not  let  us  pass  by  him. 


16  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  |    27  And   the   LORD  said   unto  me, 
men  of  war  were  consumed  and  dead !  Behold,  I  have  begun  to  give  Sihon 
from  among  the  people,  |  and  his  land  before  thee :   begin  to 

17  That  the  LORD  spake  unto  me,  I  possess,  that  thou  mayest  inherit  his 


sayng, 

18  Thou  art  to  pass   over  through 
Ar,  the  coast  of  Moab,  this  day : 

19  And  when  thou  comest  nigh  over 
against  the  children  of  Ammon,  dis- 
tress them  not,  nor  meddle  with  them: 
for  I  will  not  give  thee  of  the  land  of 
the  children  of  Ammon  any  possession; 
because  I  have  given  it  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Lot  for  a  possession. 

20  Rise  ye  up,  take  your  journey, 
and  pass  over  the  river  Arnon:    be- 
hold,  I  have  given  into  thine  hand 
Sihon  the  Amorite,  king  of  Heshbon, 
and  his  land :  begin  to  possess  it,  and 
contend  with  him  in  battle. 

21  This  day  will  I  begin  to  put  the 
dread  of  thee  and  the   fear  of  thee 
upon  the  nations  that  are  under  the 
whole  heaven,  who  shall  hear  report 


land. 

28  Then  Sihon  came  out  against  us, 
he  and  all  his  people,  to  fight  at  Jahaz. 

29  And  the  LORD  our  God  delivered 
him  before  us;    and  we  smote  him, 
and  his  sons,  and  all  his  people. 

30  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that 
time. 

31  From   Aroer,    which   is   by  the 
brink  of  the  river  of  Arnon,  and  from 
the  city  that  is  by  the  river,  even  unto 
Gilead,   there  was  not  one  city  too 
strong  for  us:  the  LORD  our  God  de- 
livered all  unto  us : 

32  Only  unto  the  land  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  thou  earnest  not,  nor 
unto  any  place  of  the  river  Jabbok, 
nor  unto  the  cities  in  the  mountains, 
nor  unto  whatsoever  the  LORD  our 
God  forbade  us. 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


151 


CHAPTER  HI. 

we  turned,  and  went  up  the 
way  to  Bashan :  and  Og  the  king 
of  Bashan  came  out  against  us,  he  and 
all  his  people,  to  battle  at  Edrei. 

2  And  the  LORD  said  unto  me,  Fear 
him  not :  for  I  will  deliver  him,  and 


the  country  of  Argob  unto  the  coasts 
of  Geshuri  and  Maachathi ;  and  called 
them  after  his  own  name,  Bashan- 
havoth-jair,  unto  this  day. 

10  And  I  gave  Gilead  unto  Machir. 

11  And   unto   the  Reubenites   and 
unto  the  Gadites  I  gave  from  Grilead 


all  his  people,  and  his  land,  into  thy  |  yalley?  and  the  border 
hand  ;  and  thou  shalt  do  unto  him  as  | 


even  unto  the  river  Arnon  half  the 
even  unto  the 

i  river  Jabbok,  which  is  the  border  of 
thou  didst  unto  Sihon  king   of   the  the  chudren  of  Ammon; 

Amontes,  which  dwelt  at  Heshbon.      ^   12  The  plain  also>  and  Jordan)  and 

3  So  the  LOED  our  God  delivered  the   coast   thereof,    from  Chinnereth 
into  our  hands  Og  also,  the  king  of  even  unto  fche  sea  of  the  plain,  even 
Bashan,  and  all  his  people:   and  we  the    salt   sea,   under   Ashdoth-pisgah 
smote  him  until  none  was  left  to  him  !  eastward. 

remaining.  13  And  I  commanded  you  at  that 

4  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that  time,   saying,   The  LORD  your   God 
time,  there  was  not  a  city  which  we  j  hath  given  you  this  land  to  possess  it : 


took  not  from  them,  threescore  cities, 
all  the  region  of  Argob,  the  kingdom 
of  Og  in  Bashan. 

5  All  these  cities  were  fenced  with 
high  walls,  gates,  and  bars ;  beside 
unwalled  towns  a  great  many. 


ye  shall  pass  over  armed  before  your 
brethren  the  children  of  Israel,  all 
that  are  meet  for  the  war. 

14  But  your  wives,  and  your  little 
'ones,  and  your  cattle,  (for  I  know  that 
ye  have  much  cattle,)  shall  abide  in 


6  For  only  Og  King  of  Bashan  re-  j  your  cities  which  I  have  given  you ; 
mained  of  the  remnant  of  giants ;  be- ;    15  Until  the  LORD  have  given  rest 
hold,  his  bedstead  was  a  bedstead  of  j  unto  your  brethren,  as  well  as  unto 
iron ;  is  it  not  in  Rabbath  of  the  chil-  j  you,  and  until  they  also  possess  the 
dren  of  Ammon  ?  nine  cubits  was  the  j  land  which  the  LORD  your  God  hath 
length  thereof,   and   four  cubits  the  i  given  them  beyond  Jordan  :   and  then 
breadth  of  it,  after  the  cubit  of  a  man.  j  shall  ye  return  every  man  unto  his 

7  And  this  land,  which  we  possessed  i  possession,  which  I  have  given  you. 
at  that  time,  from  Aroer,  which  is  by  }    16  And  I  commanded  Joshua  at  that 
the  river  Arnon,  and  half  mount  Gil-  j  time,  saying,  Thine  eyes  have  seen  all 
ead,   and  the  cities  thereof,   gave  I  \  that  the  LORD  your  God  hath  done 
unto  the  Reubenites  and  to  the  Gad- '  unto  these  two  kings :    so  shall   the 
ites.  LORD  do  unto  all  the  kingdoms  whither 

8  And  the  rest  of  Grilead,  and  all  thou  passest. 

Bashan,   being  the  kingdom  of  Og,  |    17  Ye  shall  not  fear  them :   for  the 
gave  I  unto  the  half  tribe  of  Manas-  j  LORD  your  God  he  shall  fight  for  you. 

18  And   I  besought  the   LORD  at 


seh;  all  the  region  of  Argob,  with  all 
Bashan,  which  was  called  the  land  of 
giants. 
9  Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh  took  all 


that  time,  saying, 

19  0  LORD  God,  thou  hast  begun  to 
shew  thy  servant  thy  greatness,  and 


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CHAPTER  IV. 


• 


thy  mighty  hand:  for  what  God  is 
there  in  heaven  or  in  earth,  that  can 
do  according  to  thy  works,  and  ac- 
cording to  thy  might? 

20  I  pray  thee,  let  me  go  over,  and 
see  the  good  land  that  is  beyond  Jor- 
dan, that  goodly  mountain,  and  Leba- 
non. 

21  But  the  LORD  was  wroth  with 
me   for   your  sakes,   and  would  not 
hear  me :  and  the  LORD  said  unto  me, 
Let  it  suffice  thee;    speak  no  more 
unto  me  of  this  matter. 

22  Get  thee  up  into  the  top  of  Pis- 
gah,  and  lift  up  thine  eyes  westward, 
and  northward,  and  southward,  and 
eastward,   and   behold  it  with  thine 
eyes :  for  thou  shalt  not  go  over  this 
Jordan. 

23  But  charge  Joshua,  and  encour- 
age him,  and  strengthen  him :  for  he 
shall  go  over  before  this  people,  and 
he  shall  cause  them  to  inherit  the  land 
which  thou  shalt  see. 

24  So  we  abode  in  the  valley  over 
against  Beth-peor. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


N01 


)W  therefore  hearken,  0  Israel, 
unto  the  statutes  and  unto  the 
judgments,  which  I  teach  you,  for  to 
do  them,  that  ye  may  live,  and  go  in 
and  possess  the  land  which  the  LORD 
God  of  your  fathers  giveth  you. 

2  Ye  shall  not  add  unto  the  word 
which  I  command  you,  neither  shall 
ye  diminish  aught  from  it,  that  ye  may 
keep  the  commandments  of  the  LORD 
your  God  which  I  command  you. 

3  Your   eyes   have   seen   what  the 
LORD  did  because  of  Baal-peor  :  for 
.all  the  men  that  followed  Baal-peor, 
the   LORD   thy  God   hath  destroyed 
them  from  among  you. 

4  But  ye  that  did  cleave  unto  the 


LORD  thy  God  are  alive  every  one  of 
you  this  day. 

5  Behold,  I  have  taught  you  statutes 
and  judgments,  even  as  the  LORD  my 
God  commanded  me,  that  ye  should 
do  so  in  the  land  whither  ye  go  to 
possess  it. 

6  Keep  therefore  and  do  them ;  for 
this  is  your  wisdom  and  your  under- 
standing in  the  sight  of  the  nations, 
which  shall  hear  all  these  statutes,  and 
say,  Surely  this  great  nation  is  a  wise 
and  understanding  people. 

7  For  what  nation  is  there  so  great, 
who  hath  God  so  nigh  unto  them,  as 
the  LORD  our  God  is  in  all  things  that 
we  call  upon  him  for? 

8  And  what  nation  is  there  so  great, 
that  hath  statutes  and  judgments  so 
righteous  as  all  this  law,  which  I  set 
before  you  this  day? 

9  Only  take  heed  to  thyself,    and 
keep  thy  soul  diligently,  lest  thou  for- 
get the  things  which  thine  eyes  have 
seen,  and  lest  they  depart  from  thy 
heart  all  the  days  of  thy  life :  but  teach 
them  thy  sons,  and  thy  sons'  sons ; 

10  Specially  the  day  that  thou  stood- 
est  before  the  LORD  thy  God  in  Ho- 
reb,  when  the  LORD  said  unto  me, 
Gather  me  the  people  together,  and  I 
will  make  them  hear  my  words,  that 
they  may  learn  to  fear  me  all  the  days 
that  they  shall  live  upon  the  earth, 
and  that  they  may  teach  their  chil- 
dren. 

11  And   ye   came   near   and   stood 
under  the  mountain ;  and  the  moun- 
tain burned  with  fire  unto  the  midst 
of  heaven,  with  darkness,  clouds,  and 
thick  darkness. 

12  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  you 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire :   ye  heard 
the  voice  of  the  words,  but  saw  no 
manner  of  form ;  only  ye  heard  a  voice. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


153 


13  And  he  declared  unto  you  his 
covenant,  which  he  commanded  you 
to  perform,  even  ten  commandments ; 
and  he  wrote  them  upon  two  tables  of 
stone. 

14  And  the  LORD  commanded  me 
at  that  time  to  teach  you  statutes  and 
judgments,  that  ye  might  do  them  in  the 
land  whither  ye  go  over  to  possess  it. 

15  Take  ye  therefore  good  heed  unto 
yourselves  ;  for  ye  saw  no  manner  of 
similitude  on  the  day  that  the  LORD 
spake  unto  you  in  Horeb  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire ; 

16  Lest  ye  corrupt  yourselves,  and 
make  you  a  graven  image,  the  like- 
ness  of   any  figure,   the   likeness   of 
male  or  female, 

17  The  likeness  of  any  beast  that  is 
on   the   earth,    the   likeness   of   any 
winged  fowl  that  flieth  in  the  air, 

18  The  likeness  of  any  thing  that 
creepeth  on  the  ground,  the  likeness 
of  any  fish  that  is  in  the  waters  be- 
neath the  earth : 

19  And  lest  thou  lift  up  thine  eyes 
unto  heaven,  and  when  thou  seest  the 
sun,    and  the  moon,   and  the  stars, 
even  all  the  host  of  heaven,  shouldest 
be  driven  to  worship  them,  and  serve 
them,  which  the  LORD  thy  God  hath 
divided   unto   all   nations   under   the 
whole  heaven. 

20  But  the  LORD  hath  taken  you, 
and  brought  you  forth  out  of  the  iron 
furnace,  even  out  of  Egypt,  to  be  unto 
him  a  people  of  inheritance,  as  ye  are 
this  day. 

21  Furthermore  the  LORD  was  angry 
with  me  for  your  sakes,  and  sware 
that  I  should  not  go  over  Jordan,  and 
that  I  should  not  go  in  unto  that  good 
land,  which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth 
thee  for  an  inheritance  : 

22  But  I  must  die  in  this  land,  I 


must  not  go  over  Jordan :  but  ye  shall 
go  over,  and  possess  that  good  land. 

23  Take  heed  unto  yourselves,  lest 
ye  forget  the  covenant  of  the  LORD 
your  God,  which  he  made  with  you, 
and  make  you  a  graven  image,  or  the 
likeness  of  any  thing,  which  the  LORD 

j  thy  God  hath  forbidden  thee. 

24  For  the  LORD  thy  God  is  a  con- 
suming fire,  even  a  jealous  God. 

25  When  thou  shalt  have  children, 
and  children's  children,  and  ye  shall 
have  remained  long  in  the  land,  and 
shall  corrupt  yourselves,  and  make  a 
graven  image,  or  the  likeness  of  any 
thing,  and  shall  do  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  LORD  thy  God,  to  provoke  him  to 
anger ; 

26  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  witness 
against  you  this  day,  that  ye  shall  soon 
utterly  perish  from  off  the  land  where- 
unto  ye  go  over  Jordan  to  possess  it ; 
ye  shall  not  prolong  your  days  upon 
it/ but  shall  utterly  be  destroyed. 

27  And  the  LORD  shall  scatter  you 
among  the  nations,  and  ye   shall  be 
left  few  in  number  among  the  heathen, 
whither  the  LORD  shall  lead  you. 

28  And  there  ye  shall  serve  gods, 
the  work  of  msn's  hands,  wood  and 
stone,  which  neither  see,  nor  hear,  nor 
eat,  nor  smell. 

29  But  if  from  thence  thou  shalt 
seek  the  LORD  thy  God,  thou  shalt 
find  him,  if  thou  seek  him  with  all 
thine  heart  arid  with  all  thy  soul. 

30  When  thou   art   in  tribulation, 
and  all  these  things  are  come  upon 
thee,  even  in  the  latter  days,  if  thou 
turn  to  the  LORD  thy  God,  and  shalt 
be  obedient  unto  his  voice ; 

31  (For  the  LORD  thy  God  is  a  mer- 
ciful God ;)  he  will  not  forsake  thee, 
neither  destroy  thee,  nor  forget  the 


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covenant  of   thy   fathers,    which    he 
sware  unto  them. 

32  For  ask  now  of  the  days  that  are 
past,  which  were  before  thee,   since 
the  day  that  God  created  man  upon 
the  earth,  and  ask  from  the  one  side 
of  heaven  unto  the    other,    whether 
there  hath  been  any  such  thing  as  this 
great  thing  is,    or  hath  been  heard 
like  it? 

33  Did  ever  people  hear  the  voice  of 
God  speaking  out  of  the  midst  of  the  i 
fire,  as  thou  hast  heard,  and  live? 

34  Or  hath  God  assayed  to  go  and  i 
take  him  a  nation  from  the  midst  of  | 
another   nation,    by   temptations,   by  \ 
signs,  and  by  wonders,  and  by  war,  | 
and   by   a   mighty   hand,    an4  by  a  j 
stretched  out  arm,  and  by  great  ter-  i 
rors,  according  to  all  that  the  LORD  j 
your  God  did  for  you  in  Egypt  before  j 
your  eyes  ? 

35  Unto  thee  it  was  shewed,  that  j 
thou  mightest  know  that  the  LORD  he  | 
is  God ;  there  is  none  else  beside  him . 

36  Out  of  heaven  he  made  thee  to 
hear  his  voice,  that  he  might  instruct 
thee :   and  upon  earth  he  shewed  thee 
his  great  fire  ;  and  thou  heardest  his 
words  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire. 

37  And  because  he  loved  thy  fathers, 
therefore  he  chose  their  children  after 
them,    and  brought  thee  out  in  his 
sight  with   his  mighty  power  out  of 
Egypt; 

38  To  drive  out  nations  from  before 
thee  greater  and  mightier  than  thou 
art,  to  bring  thee  in,  to  give  thee  their 
land  for  an  inheritance,  as  it  is  this 
day. 

39  Know  therefore    this    day,    and 
consider  it  in   thine  heart,  that  the 
Eternal  he  is  God  in  heaven  above, 
and  upon  the  earth  beneath :    there  is 
none  else. 


40  Thou   shalt   keep   therefore   his 
statutes,     and     his     commandments, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day,  that 
it  may  go  well  with  thee,  and  with 
thy  children  after  thee,  and  that  thou 
mayest  prolong  thy    days    upon    the 
earth,  which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  for  ever. 

41  Then  Moses  severed  three  cities 
on  this  side  Jordan  toward   the  sun- 
rising  ; 

42  That  the  slayer  might  flee  thither, 
which  should  kill  his  neighbour  un- 
awares,  and  hated  him  not  in  times 
past ;    and  that  fleeing  unto  one  of 
these  cities  he  might  live : 

43  Namely,  Bezer  in  the  wilderness, 
in  the  plain  country,  of  the  Reuben - 
ites;   and  Ramoth  in  Gilead,  of  the 
Gadites  ;  and  Golan  in  Bashan,  of  the 
Manassites. 

44  And  this  is  the  law  which  Moses 
set  before  the  children  of  Israel : 

45  These  are  the  testimonies,  and 
the  statutes,  and  the  judgments,  which 
Moses  spake  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael,  after  they    came    forth    out   of 
Egypt. 

CHAPTER  V. 

A  ND  Moses  called  all  Israel,  and 
said  unto  them,  Hear,  0  Israel, 
the  statutes  and  judgments  which  I 
speak  in  your  ears  this  day,  that  ye 
may  learn  them,  and  keep  and  do 
them. 

2  The  LORD  our  God  made  a  cove- 
nant with  us  in  Horeb. 

3  The  LORD  made  not  this  covenant 
with  our  fathers,  but  with  us,  even  us, 
who  are  all  of  us  here  alive  this  day. 

4  The  LORD  talked  with  you  face  to 
face  in  the  mount  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire, 

5  (I  stood  between  the  LORD  and 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


155 


you  at  that  time,  to  shew  you  the  I 
word  of  the  LORD  :  for  ye  were  afraid  ! 
by  reason  of  the  fire,  and  went  not  up  i 
into  the  mount,)  saying, 

6  I  am  the  LORD  thy  God,  which  | 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  i 
from  the  house  of  bondage. 

7  Thou  shalt    have    no   other  gods  j 
before  me. 

8  Thou  shalt  not    make   thee    any  j 
graven  image,  or  any  likeness  of  any  j 
thing  that  is  in  heaven  above,  or  that 
is  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in  , 
the  waters  beneath  the  earth: 

9  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself : 
unto  them,  nor  serve  them :    for  I  the  j 
LORD  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God,  vis- ' 
iting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  j 
the  children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  j 
generation  of  them  that  hate  me, 

10  And  shewing  mercy  unto  thous- 
ands of  them  that  love  me  and  keep 
my  commandments. 

11  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of 
the  LORD  thy  God  in  vain :  for  the 
LORD  will  not  hold  him  guiltless  that 
taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

12  Keep  the  sabbath  day  to  sanctify 
it,  as  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  com- 
manded thee. 

13  Six  days  thou  shalt  labour,  and 
do  all  thy  work : 

14  But  the  seventh  day  is  the  sab- 
bath of  the  LORD  thy  God :  in  it  thou 
ahalt  not  do  any  work,  thou,  nor  thy 
son,  nor  thy  daughter,  nor  thy  man- 
servant,   nor    thy    maidservant,    nor 
thine  ox,  nor  thine  ass,  nor  any  of  thy 
cattle,  nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within 
thy  gates;  that  thy  manservant  and 
thy  maidservant  may  rest  as  well  as 
thou. 

1 5  And  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
servant  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  that 
the  LORD  thy  God  brought  thee  out 


thence  through  a  mighty  hand  and  by 
a  stretched  out  arm :  therefore  the 
LORD  thy  God  commanded  thee  to 
keep  the  sabbath  day. 

16  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  moth- 
er, as  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  com- 
manded thee ;  that  thy  days  may  be 
prolonged,  and  that  it  may  go  well 
with  thee,  in  the  land  which  the  LORD 
thy  God  giveth  thee. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

18  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

19  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

20  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness 
against  thy'  neighbour. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  desire  thy  neigh- 
bour's wife,  neither  shalt  thou  covet 
thy  neighbour's  house,   his  field,   or 
his  manservant,  or   his  maidservant, 
his  ox,  or  his  ass,  or  any  thing  that  is 
thy  neighbour's. 

22  These   words   the   LORD   spake 
unto  all  your  assembly  in  the  mount 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  of  the 
cloud,  and  of  the  thick  darkness,  with 
a  great  and  unceasing  voice.    And  he 
wrote  them  in  two  tables  of  stone,  and 
delivered  them  unto  me. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  ye 
heard  the  voice  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  darkness,  (for  the  mountain  did 
burn  with  fire,)   that  ye  came   near 
unto  me,  even  all  the  heads  of  your 
tribes,  and  your  elders ; 

24  And  ye  said,  Behold,  the  LORD 
our  God  hath  shewed  us  his  glory  and 
his  greatness,  and  we  have  heard  his 
voice  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire :  we 
have  seen  this  day  that  God  doth  talk 
with  man,  and  he  liveth. 

25  Now   therefore   why  should  we 
die?  for  this  great  fire  will  consume 
us:  if  we  hear  the  voice  of  the  LORD 
our  God  any  more,  then  we  shall  die. 

26  For  who  is  there  of  all  flesh,  that 


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hath  heard  the  voice  of  the  living  God 
speaking  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire, 
as  we  have,  and  lived? 

27  Go  thou  near,  and  hear  all  that 
the  LORD  our  God  shall    say;    and 
speak  thou  unto  us  all  that  the  LORD 
our  God  shall  speak  unto  thee;  and 
we  will  hear  it,  and  do  it. 

28  And  the  LORD  heard  the  voice 
of  your  words,  when  ye  spake  unto 
me ;  and  the  LORD  said  unto  me,  I 
have  heard  the  voice  of  the  words  of 
this  people,  which  they  have  spoken 
unto  thee :  they  have  well  s%id  all  that 
they  have  spoken. 

29  Oh  that  there  were  such  a  heart 
in  them,  that  they  would  fear  me,  and 
keep  all  my  commandments  always, 
that  it  might  be  well  with  them,  and 
with  their  children  for  ever  ! 

30  Go  say  to  them,   Get  you  into 
your  tents  again. 

31  But  as  for  thee,  stand, thou  here 
by  me,  and  I  will  speak  unto  thee  all 
the  commandments,  and  the  statutes, 
and  the  judgments,  which  thou  shalt 
teach  them,  that  they  may  do  them  in 
the  land  which  I  give  them  to  pos- 
sess it. 

32  Ye  shall  observe  to  do  therefore 
as  the   LORD   your  God  hath  com- 
manded you:  ye  shall  not  turn  aside 
to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

33  Ye  shall  walk  in  all  the  ways 
which  the  LORD  your  God  hath  com- 
manded you,  that  ye  may  live,   and 
that  it  may  be  well  with  you,  and  that 
ye  may  prolong  your  days  in  the  land 
which  ye  shall  possess. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

"NTOW  these  are  the  commandments, 

the  statutes,  and  the  judgments, 

which  the  LORD  your  God  commanded 


to  teach  you,  that  ye  might  do  them 
in  the  land  whither  ye  go  to  possess  it : 

2  That  thou  rnightest  fear  the  LORD 
I  thy  God,  to  keep  all  his  statutes  and 

his  commandments,  which  I  command 
thee,  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  son's 
son,  all  the  days  of  thy  life ;  and  that 
thy  days  may  be  prolonged. 

3  Hear  therefore,  0  Israel,  and  ob- 
serve to  do  it ;  that  it  may  be  well 
with  thee,  and  that  ye  may  increase 
mightily,   as  the  LORD  God  of  thy 
fathers   hath   promised  thee,   in  the 
land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey. 

4  HEAR,  0  ISRAEL:  THE  LORD 
OUR  GOD,  THE  LORD  is  ONE  GOD. 

5  And  thou  shalt  love  the  LORD  thy 
God  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with  all 
thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  might. 

6  And  these  words,   which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day,  shall  be  in  thine 
heart : 

7  And  thou  shalt  teach  them   dili- 
gently unto  thy  children,  and  shalt 
talk  of  them  when  thou  sittest  in  thine 
house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by  the 
way,  and  when  thou  liest  down,  and 
when  thou  risest  up. 

8  And  thou  shalt  bind  them  for  a 
sign  upon  thine  hand,  and  they  shall 
be  as  frontlets  between  thine  eyes. 

9  And  thou  shalt  write  them  upon 
the  posts  of  thy  house,  and  on  thy  gates. 

10  And  it  shall  be,  when  the  LORD 
thy  God  shall  have  brought  thee  into 
the   land   which  he   sware   unto   thy 
fathers,  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to 
Jacob,  to  give  thee  great  and  goodly 
cities,  which  thou  hast  not  built, 

11  And   houses    full    of    all   good 
things,  which  thou  didst  not  fill,  and 
wells  digged,  which  thou  didst  not  dig, 
vineyards  and  olive  trees,  which  thou 
hast   not   planted  ;    when  thou  shalt 
have  eaten  and  be  full ; 


CHAPTER  VII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


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12  Then  beware  lest  thpu  forget  the 
LORD,  which  brought  thee  forth  out 


thence,  that  he  might  bring  us  in,  to 
give  us  the  land  which  he  sware  unto 


of  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  house   our  fathers. 


of  bondage, 

13  Thou  shalt  fear  the  LORD  thy 
God,  and  serve  him,  and  shalt  swear 
by  his  name. 

14  Ye  shall  not  go  after  other  gods, 
of  the  gods  of  the  people  which  are 
round  about  you ; 

15  For  the  LORD  thy  God  is  a  jeal- 
ous God  among  you ;   lest  the  anger  of 
the  LORD  thy  God  be  kindled  against 
thee,   and  destroy  thee  from  off  the 
face  of  the  earth. 

16  Ye  shall  not  tempt   the  LORD 
your  God,  as  ye  tempted  him  in  Mas- 
sah. 

17  Ye  shall  diligently  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  LORD  your  God, 
and  his  testimonies,  and  his  statutes, 
which  he  hath  commanded  thee. 

18  And  thou  shalt  do  that  which  is 
right  and   good  in  the  sight  of  the 
LORD  ;  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 
and  that  thou  mayest  go  in  and  pos- 
sess the  good  land  which  the  LORD 
sware  unto  thy  fathers, 

19  To  cast  out  all    thine   enemies 
from  before  thee,  as  the  LORD  hath 
spoken. 

20  And  when  thy  son  asketh  thee 
in  time  to  come,  saying,  What  mean 
the  testimonies,  and  the  statutes,  and 
the  judgments,  which  the  LORD  our 
God  hath  commanded  you? 

21  Then  thou   shalt   say  unto   thy 
son,  We  were  Pharaoh's  bondmen  in 
Egypt ;  and  the  LORD  brought  us  out 
of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand : 

22  And  the  LORD  shewed  signs  and 
wonders,  great  and  sore,  upon  Egypt, 
upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his  house- 
hold, before  our  eyes: 

23  And   he   brought   us   out   from 


24  And  the  LORD  commanded  us  to 
do  all  these  statutes,  to  fear  the  LORD 
our  God,  for  our  good  always,  that  he 
might   preserve  us  alive,  as  it  is  at 
this  day. 

25  And  it  shall  be  our  righteousness, 
if  we  observe  to  do  all  these  command- 
ments before  the  LORD  our  God,  as 
he  hath  commanded  us. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
bring  thee  into  the  land  whither 
thou  goest  to  possess  it,  and  hath  cast 
out  many  nations  before  thee,  the 
Hittites,  and  the  Girgashites,  and  the 
Amorites,  and  the  Canaanites,  and  the 
Perizzites,  and  the  Hivites,  and  the 
Jebusites,  seven  nations  greater  and 
mightier  than  thou ; 

2  And  when  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
deliver  them  before  thee,  thou  shalfc 
make  no  covenant  with  them ;  neither 
shalt  thou  make  marriages  with  them ; 
thy  daughter  thou  shalt  not  give  unto 
his  son,  nor  his  daughter  shalt  thou 
take  unto  thy  son. 

3  For  they  will  turn  away  thy  son 
from  following  me,  that  they  may  serve 
other  gods:  so  will  the  anger  of  ihe 
LORD    be   kindled  against  you,   and 
destroy  thee  suddenly. 

4  But  thus  shall  ye  deal  with  them ; 
ye  shall  destroy  their  altars,  and  break 
down  their  images,  and  cut  down  their 
groves,  and  burn  their  graven  images 
with  fire. 

5  For  thou  art  a  holy  people  unto 
the  LORD  thy  God:    the  LORD  thy 
God  hath  chosen  thee  to  be  a  special 
people  unto  himself,  above  all  people 
that  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 


6  The  LORD  did  not  set  his  love  upon 
you,  nor  choose  you,  because  ye  were 
more  in  number  than  any  people ;  for 
ye  are  the  fewest  of  all  people : 

7  But  because  the  LORD  loved  you, 
and  because  he  would  keep  the  oath 
which  he  had  sworn  unto  your  fathers, 
hath  the  LORD  brought  you  out  with 
a  mighty  hand,  and  redeemed  you  out 
of  the    house   of  bondage,   from  the 
hand  of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt. 

8  Know  therefore  that  the  Eternal 
thy  God,  he  is  God,  the  faithful  God, 
which  keepeth  covenant   and   mercy 
with  them  that  love  him  and  keep  his 
commandments  to  a  thousand  gener- 
ations ; 

9  And  repayeth  them  that  hate  him 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

A  LL  the  commandments  which  I 
command  thee  Ihis  day  shall  ye 
observe  to  do,  that  ye  may  live,  and 
multiply,  and  go  in  and  possess  the 
land  which  the  LORD  sware  unto  your 
fathers. 

2  And  thou  shalt  remember  all  the 
way  which  the  LORD  thy  God  led  thee 
these  forty  years  in  the  wilderness,  to 
humble  thee,  and  to  prove  thee,   to 
know  what  was  in  thine  heart,  whether 
thou  wouldest  keep  his  commandments, 
or  not. 

3  And  he  humbled  thee,  and  suffered 
I  thee    to  hunger,   and   fed  thee  with 
I  manna,     which     thou    knewest    not, 

neither  did  thy  fathers  know  ;  that  he 


to  their  face,  to  destroy  them :  he  will  |  mignt  make  thee  know  that  man  doth 
not  be  slack  to  him  that  hateth  him,  not  }ive  by  bread  only,  but  by  every 
he  will  repay  him  to  his  face.  wora  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth 

10  Thou  shalt  therefore   keep   the  I  of  the  LORD  doth  man  live, 
commandments,  and  the  statutes,  and  |    4  Thy  raiment  waxed  not  old  upon 
the  judgments,  which  I  command  thee 

this  day,  to  do  them. 

11  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
if  ye  hearken  to  these  judgments,  and 


keep  and  do  them,  that  the  LORD  thy 
God  shall  keep  unto  thee  the  covenant 
and  the  mercy  which  he  sware  unto 
thy  fathers  : 

12  And  he  will  love  thee,  and  bless 
thee,  and  multiply  thee  :  he  will  also 
bless  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  thy  corn, 
and  thy.  wine,  and  thine  oil,  the  in- 
crease of  thy  kine,  and  the  flocks  of 
thy  sheep,  in  the  land  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee. 

13  Thou  shalt  be  blessed  above  all 
people : 

14  And  the  LORD  will  take  away 
from  thee  all  sickness,  and  will  put 
none  of  the  evil  diseases  of  Egypt, 
which  thou  knowest,  upon  thee. 


thee,  neither  did  thy  foot  swell,  these 
forty  years. 

5  Thou  shalt  also  consider  in  thine 
heart,  that,  as  a  man  chasteneth  his 


son,  so  the  LORD  thy  God  chastened 
thee. 

6  Therefore    thou    shalt    keep    the 
commandments  of  the  LORD  thy  God, 
to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to  fear  him. 

7  For  the  LORD  thy  God  bringeth 
thee  into  a  good  land,  a  land  of  brooks 
of  water,  of  fountains  and  depths  that 
spring  out  of  valleys  and  hills ; 

8  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and 
vines,  and  fig  trees,  and  pomegranates ; 
a  land  of  oil  olive,  and  honey  ; 

9  A  land    wherein    thou    shalt   eat 
bread  without  scarceness,  thou  shalt 
not  lack  any  thing  in  it ;  a  land  whose 
stones  are  iron,  and  out  of  whose  hills 
thou  mayest  dig  brass. 


CHAPTER  IX. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


159> 


10  When   thou  hast  eaten  and  art 
satisfied  then  thou  shalt  bless  the  LORD 
thy  God  for  the  good  land  which  he 
hath  given  thee. 

11  Beware  that  thou  forget  not  the 
LORD  thy   God,   in  not  keeping  his 
commandments,   and    his  judgments, 
and  his  statutes,   which  I  command 
thee  this  day : 

12  Lest  when  thou  hast  eaten  and 
art  satisfied,   and    hast   built   goodly 
houses,  and  dwelt  therein  ; 

13  And    when   thy   herds   and  thy 
flocks  multiply,  and  thy  silver  and  thy 
gold  is  multiplied,  and  all  that  thou 
hast  is  multiplied ; 

14  Then  thine  heart  be  lifted  up, 
and  thou  forget  the  LORD  thy  God, 
which  brought  thee  forth  out  of  the 
land    of   Egypt,    from   the   house  of 
bondage ; 

15  Who  led  thee  through  that  great 
and  terrible  wilderness,  wherein  were 
fiery    serpents,    and    scorpions,     and 
drought,  where  there  was  no  water ; 
who  brought  thee  forth  water  out  of 
the  rock  of  flint ; 

16  Who  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness 
with  manna,  which  thy  fathers  knew 
not,  that  he  might  humble  thee,   and 
that  he  might  prove  thee,  to  do  thee 
good  at  thy  latter  end ; 

17  And  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  My 
power  and  the  might  of  mine  hand 
hath  gotten  me  this  wealth. 

18  But    thou   shalt   remember   the 
LORD  thy  God :  for  it  is  he  that  giveth 
thee  power  to  get  wealth,  that  he  may 
establish  his  covenant  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers,  as  it  is  this  day. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  do  at  all 
forget  the  LORD  thy  God,  and  walk 
after  other  gods,  and  serve  them,  and 
worship  them,  I  testify  against  you 
this  day  that  ye  shall  surely  perish. 


20  As  the  nations  which  the  LORD 
destroyeth  before  your  face,  so  shall 
ye  perish ;  because  ye  would  not  be 
obedient  unto  the  voice  of  the  LORD 
your  God. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

TTE AR,  0  Israel :  Thou  art  to  pass 
over  Jordan  this  day,  to  go  in  to 
possess  nations  greater  and  mightier 
than  thyself,  cities  great  and  fenced 
up  to  heaven, 

2  A  people  great  and  tall,  the  chil- 
dren   of    the    Anakim,    whom    thou 
knowest,  and  of  whom  thou  hast  heard 
say,  Who  can  stand  before  the  children? 
of  Anak ! 

3  Understand-  therefore  this  day,  that 
the  LORD  thy  God  is  he  which  goeth 
over  before  thee ;  as  a  consuming  fire 
he  shall  destroy  them, .  and  he  shall 
bring  them  down  before  thy  face  :    so 
shalt  thou  drive  them  out,  and  destroy 
them  quickly,  as  the  LORD  hath  said 
unto  thee. 

4  Speak  not  thou  in  thine  heart,  after 
that  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  cast  them 
out  from  before  thee,  saying,  For  mjr 
righteousness  the  LORD  hath  brought 
me  in  to  possess  this  land :  but  for  the 
wickedness  of  these  nation*  the  LORD 
doth  drive  them  out  from  before  thee. 

5  Not  for  thy  righteousness,  or  for 
the  uprightness  of  thine  heart,  dost 
thou  go  to  possess  their  land  :  but  for 
the  wickedness  of  these  nations  the 
LORD  thy  God  doth  drive  them  out 
from  before  thee,  and  that  he  may 
perform  the  word  which  the   LORD 
sware    unto    thy   fathers,    Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob. 

6  Understand    therefore,    that    the 
LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee  not  this 
good  land  to  possess  it  for  thy  right- 


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CHAPTER  IX. 


eousness ;    for  thou  art  a  stiffnecked 
people. 

7  Remember,  and  forget  not,   how 
thou  provokedst  the  LORD  thy  God  to 
wrath  in  the  wilderness :  from  the  day 
that  thou  didst  depart  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  until  ye  came  unto  this  place, 
ye  have  been  rebellious  against  the 
LORD. 

8  Also  in  Horeb  ye  provoked  the 
LORD  to  wrath,  so  that  the  LORD  was 
angry  with  you  to  have  destroyed  you. 

9  When  I  was  gone  up  into  the  mount 
to  receive  the  tables  of  stone,  even  the 
tables  of  the  covenant  which  the  LORD 
made  with  you,  then  I  abode  in  the 
mount  forty  days  and  forty  nights  ;   I 
neither  did  eat  bread  nor  drink  water : 

10  And  the  LORD  delivered  unto  me 
two  tables  of  stone  written  with  the 
finger  of  God ;  and  on  them  was  written 
according  to  all  the  words  which  the 
LORD  spake  with  you  in  the  mount, 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  in  the  day 
of  the  assembly. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  forty  days  and  forty  nights,  that 
the  LORD  gave  me  the  two  tables  of 
stone,  even  the  tables  of  the  covenant. 

12  And  the  LORD  said  unto   ine, 
Arise,   get  thee  down    quickly   from 
hence ;  f  OF  thy  people  which  thou  hast 
brought  forth  out  of  Egypt  have  cor- 
rupted themselves;    they  are  quickly 
turned  aside  out  of  the  way  which  I 
commanded  them;    they  have  made 
them  a  molten  image. 

13  Furthermore  the  LORD  spake  unto 
me,  saying,  I  have  seen  this  people, 
and,  behold,  it  is  a  stiffnecked  people  : 

14  Let  me  alone,  that  I  may  destroy 
them,  and  blot  out  their  name  from 
under  heaven:    and  I  will  make  of 
thee  a  nation  mightier  and   greater 
than  they. 


15  So  I  turned  and  came  down  from 
the  mount,  and  the  mount  burned  with 
fire :  and  the  two  tables  of  the  covenant 
were  in  my  two  hands. 

16  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  ye 
had  sinned  against  the  LORD  your  God, 
and  had  made  you  a  molten  calf:    ye 
had  turned  aside  quickly  out  of  the 
way  which  the  LORD  had  commanded 
you. 

17  And  I  took .  the  two  tables,  and 
cast  them  out  of  my  two  hands,  and 
broke  them  before  your  eyes. 

18  And  I  fell  down  before  the  LORD, 
as  at  the  first,  forty  days  and  forty 
nights:    I  did  neither  eat  bread  nor 
drink  water,  because  of  all  your  sins 
which  ye  sinned,  in  doing  wickedly  in 
the  sight  of  the  LORD,  to  provoke  him 
to  anger. 

19  For  I  was  afraid  of  the  anger  and 
hot  displeasure,  wherewith  the  LORD 
was  wroth  against  you  to  destroy  you. 
But  the  LORD  hearkened  unto  me  at 
that  time  also. 

20  And  the  LORD  was  very  angry 
with  Aaron  to  have  destroyed  him: 
and  I  prayed  for  Aaron  also  the  same 
time. 

21  And  I  took  your  sin,  the  calf 
which  ye  had  made,  and  burnt  it  with 
fire,  and  stamped  it,  and  ground  it 
very  small,  even  until  it  was  as  small 
as  dust:  and  I  cast  the  dust  thereof 
into  the  brook  that  descended  out  of 
the  mount. 

22  And  at  Taberah,  and  at  Massah, 
and  at  Kibroth-hataavah,  ye  provoked 
the  LORD  to  wrath. 

23  Likewise  when  the  LORD  sent 
you  from  Kadesh-barnea,  saying,  Go 
up  and  possess  the  land  which  I  have 
given  you;    then  ye  rebelled  against 
the  commandment  of  the  LORD  your 


CHAPTER  X. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


161 


God,   and  ye  believed  him  not,   nor 
hearkened  to  his  voice. 

24  Ye  have  been  rebellious  against 
the  LORD  from  the  day  that  I  knew  you. 

25  Thus  I  fell  down  before  the  LORD 
forty  days  and  forty  nights,   as  I  fell 
down  at  the  first ;   because  the  LORD 
had  said  he  would  destroy  you. 

26  I  prayed  therefore  unto  the  LORD, 
and  said,  0  LORD  God,  destroy  not 
thy  people  and  thine  inheritance,  which 
thou  hast  redeemed  through  thy  great- 
ness, which  thou  hast  brought  forth 
out  of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand. 

27  Remember  thy  servants,   Abra- 
ham, Isaac,  and  Jacob  ;  look  not  unto 
the  stubbornness  of  this  people,  nor  to 
their  wickedness,  nor  to  their  sin  : 

28  Lest     the     land    whence     thou 
broughtest  us  out  say,   Because  the 
LORD  was  not  able  to  bring  them  into 
the  land  which  he  promised  them,  and 
because  he  hated  them,  he  hath  brought 
them  out  to  slay  them  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

29  Yet  they  are  thy  people  and  thine 
inheritance,    which    thou    broughtest 
out  by  thy  mighty  power  and  by  thy 
stretched  out  arm. 


CHAPTER  X. 


AT 


that  time  the  LORD  said  unto 
me,  Hew  thee  two  tables  of  stone 
like  unto  the  first,  and  come  up  unto 
me  into  the  mount,  and  make  thee  an 
ark  of  wood. 

2  And  I  will  write  on  the  tables  the 
words  that  were  in  the  first  tables 
which  thou  brakest,   and  thou  shalt 
put  them  in  the  ark. 

3  And  I  made  an  ark  of  cedar  wood, 
and  hewed  two  tables  of  stone  like 
unto  the  first,   and  went  up  into  the 
mount,  having  the  two  tables  in  mine 
hand. 


4  And  he  wrote  on  the  tables,  ac- 
cording to  the  first  writing,  the  ten 
commandments,  which  the  LORD  spake 
unto  you  in  the  mount,   out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire,  in  the  day  of  the 
assembly:  and  the  LORD  gave  them 
unto  me. 

5  And  I  turned  myself  and  came 
down  from  the  mount,   and  put  the 
tables  in  the  ark  which  I  had  made  ; 
and  there  they  are,  as  the  LORD  com- 
manded me. 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel  took 
their    journey    from    Beeroth    bene 
Jaakan    to    Mosera:      there     Aaron 
died,  and  there  he  was  buried;    and 
Eleazar    his    son   ministered    in    the 
priest's  office  in  his  stead. 

7  From  thence  they  journeyed  unto 
Gudgodah ;    and   from  Gudgodah  to 
Jotbath,  a  land  of  rivers  of  waters. 

8  At  that  time  the  LORD  separated 
the  tribe  of  Levi,  to  bear  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  LORD  to  stand 
before  the  LORD  to  minister  unto  him, 
and  to  bless  in  his  name,  unto  this 
day. 

9  Wherefore  Levi  hath  no  part  nor 
inheritance   with   his   brethren;     the 
LORD  is  his  inheritance,  according  as 
the  LORD  thy  God  promised  him. 

10  And  I  stayed  in  the  mount,  ac- 
cording to  the  first  time,  forty  days 
and    forty    nights;     and    the    LORD 
hearkened  unto  me  at  that  time  also, 
and  the  LORD  would  not  destroy  thee. 

11  And   the   LORD  said  unto  me, 
Arise,    take   thy  journey  before  the 
people,  that  they  may  go  in  and  pos- 
sess land,  which  I  sware  unto  their 
fathers  to  give  unto  them. 

12  And  now,  Israel,  what  doth  the 
LORD  thy  God  require  of  thee,  but  to 
fear  the  LORD  thy  God,  'to  walk  in  all 
his  ways,   and  to  love  him,  and  to 


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CHAPTER  XI. 


serve  the  LORD  thy  God  with  all  thy 
heart  and  with  all  thy  soul, 

13  To  keep  the  commandments  of 
the  LORD,  and  his  statutes,  which  I 
command  thee  this  day  for  thy  good  ? 

14  Behold,    the    heaven    and    the 
heaven  of  heavens  is  the  LORD'S  thy 
God,    the    earth  also,   with  all  that 
therein  is. 

15  Only  the  LORD  had  a  delight  in 
thy  fathers  to  love  them,  and  he  chose 
their  children  after  them,  even  you, 
above  all  people,  as  it  is  this  day. 

16  Circumcise  therefore  your  heart, 
and  be  no  more  stiffnecked. 

17  For  the  LORD  your  God  is  God 
of  gods,  and  Lord  of  lords,  a  great 
God,  a  mighty,  and  a  terrible,  which 
regardeth    not    persons,    nor   taketh 
reward : 

18  He  doth  execute  the  judgment  of 
the  fatherless  and  widow,  and  loveth 
the  stranger,  in  giving  him  food  and 
raiment. 

19  Love  ye  therefore  the  stranger : 
for  ye  were  strangers  in  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

20  Thou  shalt  fear  the  LORD  thy 
God ;  him  shalt  thou  serve,  and  to  him 
shalt  thou  cleave,  and  swear  by  his 
name. 

21  He  is  thy  glory,  and  fre  is  thy 
God,  that  hath  done  for  thee  these 
great  and  terrible  things,  which  thine 
eyes  have  seen. 

22  With  threescore  and  ten  persons 
thy  fathers  went  down  into  Egypt ;  and 
now  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  made  thee 
as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multitude. 

CHAPTER  XL 

THEREFORE  thou  shait  love  the 

LORD  thy  God,  and  keep  his 
charge,  and  his  statutes,  and  his  judg- 
ments, and  his  commandments,  always. 


2  And  know  ye  this  day :   for  I  speak 
not   with  your  children   which  have 
not  known,  and  which  have  not  seen 
the  chastisement  of  the  LORD  your 
God,  his  greatness,  his  mighty  hand, 
and  his  stretched  out  arm. 

3  And  his  miracles,   and  his  acts, 
which  he  did  in  the  midst  of  Egypt 
unto  Pharaoh  the  king  of  Egypt,  and 
unto  all  his  land ; 

4  And  what  he  did  unto  the  army 
of  Egypt,  unto  their  horses,  and  to 
their  chariots ;  how  he  made  the  water 
of  the  Red  sea  to  overflow  them  as 
they  pursued  after  you,  and  how  the 
LORD  hath  destroyed  them  unto  this 
day; 

5  And  what  he  did  unto  you  in  the 
wilderness,   until  ye  came   into   this 
place ; 

6  And  what  he   did   unto   Dathan 
and  Abiram,  the  sons  of  Eliab,  the 
son  of  Reuben :  how  the  earth  opened 
her  mouth,  and  swallowed  them  up, 
and  their  households,  and  their  tents^ 
and  all  the  substance  that  was  in  their 
possession,  in  the  midst  of  all  Israel : 

7  But  your  eyes  have  seen  all  the 
great  acts  of  the  LORD  which  he  did. 

8  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  all  the 
commandments  which  I  command  you 
this  day,  that  ye  may  be  strong,  and 
go  in  and  possess  the  land,  whither 
ye  go  to  possess  it ; 

9  And  that  ye  may   prolong   your 
days  in  the  land,   which  the  LORD 
sware  unto  your  fathers  to  give  unto 
them  and  to  their  posterity,  a  land  that 
floweth  with  milk  and  honey. 

10  For  the  land,  whither  thou  goest 
in  to  possess  it,  is  not  as  the  land  of 
Egypt,   from    whence   ye   came   out, 
where  thou   sowedst   thy   seed,    and 
wateredst  it  with  thy  foot,  as  a  garden 
of  herbs : 


CHAPTER  XI. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


163 


11  But  the  land,  whither  ye  go  to 
possess  it,  is  a  land  of  hills  and  valleys, 
and  drinketh  water  of   the    rain    of 
heaven : 

12  A  land  which  the  LOBD  thy  God  I 
careth  for :  the  eyes  of  the  LORD  thy  ; 
God  are  always  upon  it,  from  the  be-  j 
ginning  of  the  year  even  unto  the  end 
of  the  year. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  if  ye 
shall  hearken  diligently  unto  my  com- 
mandments which  I  command  you  this 
day,  to  love  the  LORD  your  God,  and 
to  serve  him  with  all  your  heart  and 
with  all  your  soul, 

14  That  I  will  give  you  the  rain  of 
your  land  in  his  due  season,  the  first 
rain  and  the   latter  rain,   that  thou 
mayest  gather  in  thy  corn,  and  thy 
wine,  and  thine  oil. 

15  And   I   will  send   grass  in  thy 
fields  for  thy  cattle,  that  thou  mayest 
eat  and  be  full. 

16  Take   heed   to  yourselves,   that 
your  heart  be  not  deceived,   and  ye 
turn  aside,  and  serve  other  gods,  and 
worship  them ; 

17  And  then  the  LORD'S  wrath  be 
kindled  against  you,  and  he  shut  up 
the  heaven,   that  there  be  no  rain, 
and  that  the  land  yield  not  her  fruit ; 
and  lest  ye  perish  quickly  from  off  the 
good   land   which   the  LORD    giveth 
you. 

18  Therefore  shall  ye  lay  up  these 
my  words  in  your  heart  and  in  your 
soul,  and  bind  them  for  a  sign  upon 
your  hand,  that  they  may  be  as  front- 
lets between  your  eyes. 

19  And  ye  shall  teach  them  your 
children,  speaking  of  them  when  thou 
sittest  in  thine  house,  and  when  thou 
walkest  by  the  way,  when  thou  liest 
down,  and  when  thou  risest  up. 

20  And  thou  shalt  write  them  upon 


the  door  posts  of  thine  house,   and 
upon  thy  gates : 

2 1  That  your  days  may  be  multiplied, 
and  the  days  of  your  children,  in  the 
land  which  the  LORD  sware  unto  your 
fathers  to  give  them,  as  the  days  of 
heaven  upon  the  earth. 

22  For  if  ye  shall  diligently  keep 
all  these  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand you,  to  do  them,   to  love  the 
LORD  your  God,  to  walk  in  all  his 
ways,  and  to  cleave  unto  him ; 

23  Then  will  the  LORD  drive  out  all 
these  nations  from  before  you,   and 
ye  shall  possess  greater  nations  and 
mightier  than  yourselves. 

24  Every  place  whereon  the  soles  of 
your  feet  shall  tread  shall  be  yours : 
from    the    wilderness   and    Lebanon, 
from  the  river,  the  river  Euphrates, 
even  unto  the  uttermost  sea  shall  your 
coast  be. 

25  There  shall  no  man  be  able  to 
stand  before  you:  for  the  LORD  your 
God  shall  lay  the  fear  of  you  and  the 
dread  of  you  upon  all  the  land  that 
ye  shall  tread  upon,  as  he  hath  said 
unto  you. 

26  Behold,  I  set  before  you  this  day 
a  blessing  and  a  curse ; 

27  A  blessing,  if  ye  obey  the  com- 
mandments of  the  LORD  your  God, 
which  I  command  you  this  day : 

28  And  a  curse,  if  ye  will  not  obey 
the  commandments  of  the  LORD  your 
God,  but  turn  aside  out  of  the  way 
which  I  command  you  this  day,  to  go 
after  other  gods,  which  ye  have  not 
known. 

29  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
the  LORD  thy  God  hath  brought  thee 
in  unto  the  land  whither  thou  goest 
to  possess  it,  that  thou  shalt  put  the 
blessing  upon  mount  Gerizim,  and  the 
curse  upon  mount  Ebal. 


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30  Are  they  not  on  the  other  side 
Jordan,   by  the  way  where  the  sun 
goeth  down,  in  the  land  of  the  Canaan- 
ites,  which  dwell  in  the  plains  over 
against  Gilgal,  beside  the  groves  of 
Moreh? 

31  For  ye  shall  pass  over  Jordan  to 
go  in  to  possess  the  land  which  the 
LORD  your  God  giveth  you,   and  ye 
shall  possess  it,  and  dwell  therein. 

32  And  ye  shall  observe  to  do  all 
the  statutes  and  judgments  which  I 
set  before  you  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

E  are  the  statutes  and  judg- 
ments, which  ye  shall  observe  to ! 
do  in  the  land,  which  the  LORD  God  j 
of  thy  fathers  giveth  thee  to  possess 
it,  all  the  days  that  ye  live  upon  the 
earth. 

2  Ye   shall  utterly  destroy  all  the 
places,  wherein  the  nations  which  ye 
shall  possess  served  their  gods,  upon 
the   high   mountains,    and  upon  the 
hills,  and  under  every  green  tree : 

3  And  ye  shall  overthrow  their  altars, 
and  break  their  pillars,  and  burn  their 
groves  with  fire;    and  ye   shall  hew 
down  the  graven  images  of  their  gods, 
and  destroy  the  names  of  them  out  of 
that  place. 

4  Ye  shall  not  do  so  unto  the  LORD 
your  God. 

5  But    unto    the    place   which   the 
LORD  your  God  shall  choose  out  of 
all  your  tribes  to  put  his  name  there, 
even  unto  his  habitation  shall  ye  seek, 
and  thither  thou  shalt  come : 

6  And  thither  ye  shall  bring  your 
burnt  offe rings,   and  your  sacrifices, 
and  your  tithes,  and  heave  offerings, 
of  your  hand,  and  your  vows,  and  your 
freewill  offerings,  and  the  firstlings  of 
your  herds  and  of  your  flocks : 


7  And  there  ye  shall  eat  before  the 
LORD  your  God,  and  ye  shall  rejoice 
in  all  that  ye  put  your  hand  unto,  ye 
and    your    households,    wherein    the 
LORD  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee. 

8  Ye  shall  not  do  after  all  the  things 
that  we  do  here  this  day,  every  man 
whatsoever  is  right  in  his  own  eyes. 

9  For  ye  are  not  as  yet  come  to  the 
rest  and  to  the  inheritance,  which  the 
LORD  your  God  giveth  you. 

10  But  when  ye   go  over  Jordan, 
and  dwell  in  the  land  which  the  LORD 
your  God  giveth  you  to  inherit,  and 
when  he  giveth  you  rest  from  all  your 
enemies  round  about,  so  that  ye  dwell 
in  safety ; 

11  Then  there  shall  be  a  place  which 
the  LORD  your  God  shall  choose  to 
cause  his  name  to  dwell  there ;  thither 
shall  ye  bring  all  that  I  command  you  ; 
your  burnt  offerings,  and  your  sacri- 
fices, your  tithes,  and  the  heave  offer- 
ing of  your  hand,  and  all  your  choice 
vows  which  ye  vow  unto  the  LORD  : 

12  And  ye  shall  rejoice  before  the 
LORD  your  God,  ye,  and  your  sons, 
and  your  daughters,   and  your  men- 
servants  and  your  maidservants,  and 
the  Levite  that  is  within  your  gates ; 
forasmuch  as  he  hath  no  part  nor  in- 
heritance with  you. 

13  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 
offer  not  thy  burnt  offerings  in  every 
place  that  thou  seest : 

14  But  in  the  place  which  the  LORD 
shall  choose  in  one  of  thy  tribes,  there 
thou  shalt  offer  thy  burnt  offerings, 
and  there  thou  shalt  do  all  that  I 
command  thee. 

15  Notwithstanding,     thou    mayest 
kill  and  eat  flesh  in  all  thy  gates,  what- 
soever thy  soul  lusteth  after,  according 
to  the  blessing  of  the  LORD  thy  God 
which  he  hath  given  thee :  the  unclean 


QHAPTER  XII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


165 


and  the  clean  may  eat  thereof,  as  of 
the  roebuck,  and  as  of  the  hart. 

16  Only  ye  shall  not  eat  the  blood  ; 
ye  shall  pour  it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

17  Thou  mayest  not  eat  within  thy 
gates  the  tithe  of  thy  corn,   or  of  thy 
wine,  or  of  thy  oil,  or  the  firstlings  of 
thy  herds  or  of  thy  flock,  nor  any  of 
thy  vows  which  thou  vowest,  nor  thy 
freewill  offerings,  or  heave  offering  of 
thine  hand  : 

18  But  thou  nitftt  eat  them  before 
the  LORD  thy  God  in  the  place  which 
the  LORD  thy  G-od  shall  choose,  thou, 
and  thy  son  and  thy  daughter,  and 
thy  manservant,  and  thy  maidservant, 
and  the   Levite   that   is   within   thy 
gates:    and  thou  shalt  rejoice  before 
the  LORD  thy  God  in  all  that  thou 
puttest  thine  hands  unto. 

19  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 
forsake  not  the  Levite  as  long  as  thou 
livest  upon  the  earth. 

20  When  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
enlarge  thy  border,  as  he  hath  pro- 
mised thee,  and  thou  shalt  say,  I  will 
eat  flesh,  because  thy  soul  longeth  to 
eat  flesh  ;  thou  mayest  eat  flesh,  what- 
soever thy  soul  lusteth  after. 

21  If  the  place  which  the  LORD  thy 
God  hath  chosen  to   put   his    name 
there  be  too  far  from  thee,  then  thou 
shalt  kill  of  thy  herd  and  of  thy  flock, 
which  the  LORD  hath  given  thee,  as 
I  have  commanded  thee,    and   thou 
shalt  eat  in  thy  gates  whatsoever  thy 
soul  lusteth  after. 

22  Even   as  the    roebuck   and    the 
hart  is  eaten.,  so  thou  shalt  eat  them  : 
the  unclean  and  the  clean  shall  eat  of 
them  alike. 

23  Only  be  sure  that  thou  eat  not 
the  blood  :   for  the  blood  is  the  life  ; 
and  thou  mayest  not  eat  the  life  with 
the  flesh. 


24  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it;  thou  shalt 
pour  it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

25  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it;    that  it 
may  go  well  with  thee,  and  with  thy 
children  after  thee,  when  thou  shalt 
do  that  which  is  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  LORD. 

26  Only  thy  holy  things  which  thou 
hast,  and  thy  vows,  thou  shalt  take, 
and    go    unto   the    place   which    the 
LORD  shall  choose : 

27  And  thou  shalt  offer  thy  burnt 
offerings,  the  flesh  and  the  blood,  upon 
the  altar  of  the  LORD  thy  God  :  and 
the  blood  of   thy  sacrifices  shall  be 
poured    out   upon   the    altar    of    the 
LORD  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt  eat 
the  flesh. 

28  Observe  and  hear  all  these  words 
which  I  command  thee,  that  it  may 
go  well  with  thee,  and  with  thy  chil- 
dren after  thee  forever,   when  thou 
doest  that  which  is  good  and  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  LORD  thy  God. 

29  When  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
cut  off  the  nations  from  before  thee, 
whither  thou  goest  to  possess  them, 
and  thou  succeedest  them,  and  dwellest 
in  their  land  ; 

30  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 
be  not  snared  by  following  them,  and 
that  thou  inquire  not  after  their  gods, 
saying,  How  did  these  nations  serve 
their  gods  ?    even  so  will  I  do  like- 
wise. 

31  Thou  shalt  not  do  so  unto  the 
LORD  thy  God:  for  every  abomination 
to  the  LORD  which  he  hateth  have 
they  done  unto  their  gods;  for  even 
their  sons  and    their  daughters  they 
have  burnt  in  the  fire  to  their  gods. 

32  What  thing  soever  I  command 
you,  observe  to  do  it:  thou  shalt  not 
add  thereto,  nor  diminish  from  it. 


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CHAPTER  XIII. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

TF  there  arise  among  you  a  prophet, 
or  a  dreamer  of  dreams,  and  giveth 
thee  a  sign  or  a  wonder, 

2  And  the  sign  or  the  wonder  come 
to  pass,  whereof  he  spake  unto  thee, 
saying,   Let  us  go  after  other  gods, 
which  thou  hast  not  known,  and  let 
us  serve  them ; 

3  Thou  shalt  not  hearken  unto  the 
words  of  that  prophet,  or  that  dreamer 
of  dreams :   for  the  LORD  your  God 
proveth  you,  to  know  whether  ye  love 
the   LORD   your  God  with  all  your 
heart  and  with  all  your  soul. 

4  Ye  shall  walk  after  the  LORD  your 
God,   and    fear   him,    and    keep    his 
commandments,    and   obey  his  voice, 
and  ye  shall   serve  him,   and  cleave 
unto  him. 

5  And  that  prophet,  or  that  dreamer 
of  dreams,  shall  be  put  to  death ;  be- 
cause he  hath  spoken  to  turn  you  away 
from    the    LORD    your    God,    which 
brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  redeemed  you  out  of  the  house  of 
bondage,   to  thrust  thee   out  of  the 
way  which  the  LORD  thy  God  com- 
manded thee   to  walk  in.     So  shalt 
thou  put  the  evil  away  from  the  midst 
of  thee. 

6  If  thy  brother,   the  son    of   thy 
mother,  or  thy  son,  or  thy  daughter, 
or  thy  wife,  or  thy  friend,  which  is  as 
thine  own  soul,  entice  thee  secretly, 
saying,    Let   us   go  and   serve  other 
gods,   which  thou   hast   not    known, 
thou,  nor  thy  fathers ; 

7  Namely,  of  the  gods  of  the  people 


which  are  round  about  you,  nigh  unto  I  be  built  again. 


nor  hearken  unto  him ;  neither  shalt 
thou  spare,  neither  shalt  thou  conceal 
him: 

9  But  thou  shalt  surely  kill  him ; 
thine  hand  shall  be  first  upon  him  to 
put  him  to  death,  and  afterwards  the 
hand  of  all  the  people. 

10  And  thou  shalt  stone  him  with 
stones,  that  he  die  ;  because  he  hath 
sought  to  thrust  thee  away  from  the 
LORD  thy  God,  which  brought  thee 
out  of  the  land  o£  Egypt,  from  the 
house  of  bondage. 

11  And  all  Israel  shall  hear,    and 
fear,  and  shall  do  no  more  any  such 
wickedness  as  this  is  among  you. 

12  If  thou  shalt  hear  say  in  one  of 
thy  cities,  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
hath  given  thee  to  dwell  there,  saying, 

13  Certain  men,  the  sons  of  vileness, 
are  gone  out  from  among  you,    and 
have   withdrawn   the   inhabitants   of 
their  city,  saying,  Let  us  go  and  serve 
other  gods,  which  ye  have  not  known  ; 

14  Then    shalt   thou    inquire,    and 
make  search,  and  ask  diligently ;  and, 
behold,  if  it  be  truth,  and  the  thing 
certain,    that    such    abomination    is 
wrought  among  you  ; 

15  Thou  shalt  surety  smite  the  in- 
habitants of  that  city  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  destroying  it  utterly,  and 
all  that   is   therein,    and    the   cattle 
thereof,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

16  And  thou  shalt  gather  all  the 
spoil  of  it  into  the  midst  of  the  street 
thereof,  and  shalt  burn  with  fire  the 
city,   and  all  the  spoil  thereof  every 
whit,  for  the  LORD  thy  God :   and  it 
shall  be  a  heap  for  ever ;  it  shall  not 


thee,  or  far  off  from  thee,  from  the 
one  end  of  the  earth  even  unto  the 
other  end  of  the  earth  ; 
8  Thou  shalt  not  consent  unto  him, 


17  And  there  shall  cleave  nought  of 
the  ban  to  thine  hand :  that  the  LORD 
may  turn  from  his  anger,  and  shew 
thee  mercy,  and  have  compassion  upon 


CHAPTER  XIV. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


167 


thee,  and  multiply  thee,  as  he  hath 
sworn  unto  thy  fathers ; 

18  When  thou  shalt  hearken  to  the 
voice  of  the  LORD  thy  God,  to  keep 
all  his  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day,  to  do  that  which 
is  right  in  the  eyes  of  the  LORD  thy 
God. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

VE  are  the  children  of  the  LORD 
your  God :  ye  shall  not  disfigure 
yourselves,  nor  make  any  baldness  be- 
tween your  eyes  for  the  dead. 

2  For  thou  art  a  holy  people  unto 
tfce  LORD  thy  God,  and  the  LORD  hath 
chosen   thee  to  be  a  peculiar  people 
unto  himself,   above  all  the  nations 
that  are  upon  the  earth. 

3  These  are  the  beasts  which  ye  shall 
eat:  the  ox,  the  sheep,  and  the  goat, 

4  The  hart,  and  the  roebuck,  and 
the  fallow  deer,  and  the  wild  goat,  and 
the  pygarg,  and  the  wild  ox,  and  the 
chamois. 

5  And  every  beast  that  parteth  the 
hoof,  and  cleaveth  the  cleft  into  two 
claws  and  cheweth  the  cud  among  the 
beasts,  that  ye  shall  eat. 

6  Nevertheless  these  ye  shall  not  eat, 
of  them  that  chew  the  cud,  or  of  them 
that  divide  the  cloven  hoof;    as  the 
camel,  and  the  hare,  and  the  coney: 
for  they  chew  the  cud,  but  divide  not 
the  hoof ;  therefore  they  are  unclean 
unto  you. 

7  And  the  swine,  because  it  divideth 
the  hoof,  yet  cheweth  not  the  cud,  it 
is  unclean  unto  you :  ye  shall  not  eat 
of  their  flesh,  nor  touch  their  dead 
carcass. 

8  These  ye  shall  eat,  of  all  that  are 
in  the  waters :  all  that  have  fins  and 
scales  shall  ye  eat : 

9  And  whatsoever  hath  not  fins  and 


scales  ye  may  not  eat ;    it  is  unclean 
unto  you. 

10  Of  all  clean  birds  ye  shall  eat. 

11  But  these  are  they  of  which  ye 
shall  not  eat :  the  eagle,  and  the  ossi- 
frage,  and  the  ospray, 

12  And  the  glede,  and  the  kite,  and 
the  vulture  after  his  kind, 

13  And  every  raven  after  his  kind, 

14  And  the  owl,  and  the  nighthawk, 
and  the  cuckoo,  and  the  hawk  after 
his  kin"d, 

15  The  little  owl,  and  the  great  owl, 
and  the  swan, 

16  And  the  pelican,   and  the  gier 
eagle,  and  the  cormorant, 

17  And  the   stork,   and  the   heron 
after  her  kind,  and  the  lapwing,   and 
the  bat. 

18  And  every  creeping  thing  that 
flieth  is  unclean  unto  you:  they  shall 
not  be  eaten. 

19  But  of  all  clean  fowls  ye  may  eat. 

20  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  any  thing 
that  dieth  of  itself:    for  thou  art  a 
holy  people  unto  the  LORD  thy  God. 
Thou  shalt  not  seethe  a  kid  in  his 
mother's  milk. 

21  Thou    shalt   truly  tithe  all  the 
increase  of  thy  seed,   that  the  field 
bringeth  forth  year  by  year. 

22  And  thou  shalt  eat  before  the 
LORD  thy  God,  in  the  place  which  he 
shall  choose  to  place  his  name  there, 
the  tithe  of  thy  corn,  of  thy  wine,  and 
of  thine  oil,  and  the  firstlings  of  thy 
herds  and  of  thy  flocks;    that  thou 
mayest  learn  to  fear  the  LORD  thy 
God  always. 

23  And  if  the  way  be  too  long  for 
thee,  so  that  thou  art  not  able  to  carry 
it;    or  if  the  place  be  too  far  from 
thee,  which  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
choose  to  set  his  name  there,   when 
the  LORD  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee : 


DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XV. 


24  Then    shalt    thou   turn   it   into 
money,    and   bind  up  the  money  in 
thine  hand,    and   shalt  go  unto  the 
place  which  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
choose : 

25  And    thou    shalt    bestow    that 
money  for  whatsoever  thy  soul  lusteth  | 
after,  for  oxen,  or  for  sheep,  or  for 
wine,  or  for  strong  drink,  or  for  what- 1 
soever  thy  soul   desireth :    and  thou ! 
shalt  eat  there  before  the  LORD  thy  | 
God,  and  thou  shalt  rejoice,  thou,  and  j 
thine  household, 

26  And  the  Levite  that  is  within 
thy  gates ;  thou  shalt  not  forsake  him: 
for  he  hath  no  part  nor  inheritance  | 
with  thee. 

27  At  the  end  of  three  years  thou  j 
shalt  bring  forth  all  the  tithe  of  thine 
increase  the  same  year,  and  shalt  lay 
it  up  within  thy  gates : 

28  And  the  Levite,  (because  he  hath 
no  part  nor  inheritance  with  thee,) 
and  the  stranger,  and  the  fatherless, 
and  the  widow,  which  are  within  thy 
gates,  shall  come,  and  shall  eat  and 
be  satisfied ;  that  the  LORD  thy  God 
may  bless  thee  in  all  the  work  of  thine 
hand  which  thou  doest. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

A  T  the  end  of  every  seven  years 
thou  shalt  make  a  release. 

2  And  this  is  the  manner  of  the  re- 
lease:   Every   creditor   that    lendeth 
aught  unto  his  neighbour  shall  release 
it ;  he  shall  not  exact  it  of  his  neigh- 
bour, or  of  his  brother ;  because  it  is 
called  the  LORD'S  release. 

3  Of  a  foreigner  thou  mayest  exact 
it  again :  but  that  which  is  thine  with 
thy  brother  thine  hand  shall  release ; 

4  But   there  ought  to  be   no  poor 
among  you ;  for  the  LORD  shall  greatly 
bless  thee  in  the  land  which  the  LORD 


thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance 
to  possess  it: 

5  Only   if   thou   carefully   hearken 
unto  the  voice  of  the  LORD  thy  God, 
to  observe  to  do  all  these  command- 
ments which  I  command  thee  this  day. 

6  For  the  LORD  thy  God  blesseth 
thee,  as  he  promised  thee :   and  thou 
shalt  lend  unto  many  nations,  but  thou 
shalt   not   borrow ;     and   thou   shalt 
reign   over   many   nations,   but   they 
shall  not  reign  over  thee. 

7  If  there  be  among  you  a  poor  man, 
one  of  thy   brethren   within  any   of 
thy  gates  in  thy  land  which  the  LORD 
thy  God  giveth  thee,  thou  shalt  not 
harden  thine  heart,    nor   shut  thine 
hand  from  thy  poor  brother : 

8  But  thou  shalt  open  thine  hand 
wide  unto  him,  and  shalt  surely  lend 
him  sufficient  for  his  need,   in  that 
which  he  wanteth. 

9  Beware  that  there  be  not  a  thought 
in  thy  wicked  heart,  saying,  The  sev- 
enth year,  the  year  of  release,  is  at 
hand ;  and  thine  eye  be  evil  against 
thy  poor  brother,  and  thou  givest  him 
nought ;    and  he  cry  unto  the  LORD 
against  thee,  and  it  be  sin  unto  thee. 

10  Thou  shalt  surely  give  him,  and 
thine  heart  shall  not  be  grieved  when 
thou  givest  unto  him:   because  that 
for  this  thing  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
bless  thee  in  all  thy  works,  and  in  all 
that  thou  puttest  thine  hand  unto. 

11  For  the  poor  will    never   cease 
out  of  the  land :  therefore  I  command 
thee,  saying,  Thou  shalt  open  thine 
hand  wide  unto  thy  brother,  to  thy 
poor,  and  to  thy  needy,  in  thy  land. 

12  And  if  thy  brother,  a  Hebrew 
man,  or  a  Hebrew  woman,   be  sold 
unto  thee,  and  serve  thee  six  years ; 
then  in  the  seventh  year  thou  shalt 
let  him  go  free  from  thee. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


13  And  when  thou  sendest  him  out 
free  from  thee,  thou  shalt  not  let  him 
go  away  empty : 

14  Thou  shalt  furnish  him  liberally 
out  of  thy  flock,  and  out  of  thy  floor, 
and  out  of  thy  winepress:    of  that 
wherewith  the  LOKD  thy  God  hath 
blessed  thee  thou  shalt  give  unto  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  remember  that 
thou  wast  a  bondman  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,   and  the  LORD  thy  God  re- 
deemed thee:    therefore  I  command 
thee  this  thing  to  day. 

16  And  it  shall  be,  if  he  say  unto 
thee,  I  will  not  go  away  from  thee; 
because  he  loveth  thee  and  thine  house, 
because  he  is  well  with  thee  ; 

17  Then  thou  shalt  take  an  awl,  and 
thrust  through  his  ear  unto  the  door, 
and  he  shall  be  thy  servant  for  ever. 
And  also  unto  thy  maidservant  thou 
shalt  do  likewise,  (not  to  let  her  go 
away  empty). 

18  It  shall  not  seem  hard  unto  thee, 
when  thou  sendest  him  away  free  from 
thee ;  for  he  hath  been  worth  double  a 
hired  servant  to  thee,  in  serving  thee 
six  years:    and  the  LORD  thy  God 
shall  bless  thee  in  all  that  thou  doest. 

19  All  the  firstling  males  that  come 
of  thy  herd  and  of  thy  flock  thou  shalt 
sanctify  unto  the  LORD  thy  God :  thou 
shalt  do  no  work  with  the  firstling  of 
thy  bullock,  nor  shear  the  firstling  of 
thy  sheep. 

20  Thou  shalt  eat  it  before  the  LORD 
thy  God  year  by  year  in   the  place 
which  the  LORD  shall  choose,   thou 
and  thy  household. 

21  And   if    there   be    any   blemish 
therein,  as  if  it  be  lame,  or  blind,  or 
have  any  ill  blemish,  thou  shalt  not 
sacrifice  it  unto  the*LoRD  thy  God. 

22  Thou    shalt    eat   it   within   thy 
gates:    the    unclean    and   the    clean 


person  shall  eat  it  alike,  as  the  roe- 
buck, and  as  the  hart. 

23  Only  thou  shalt  not  eat  the  blood 
thereof ;  thou  shalt  pour  it  upon  the 
ground  as  water. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

QBSERVE  the  month  of  Abib,  and 
keep  the  passover  unto  the  LORD 
thy  God :  for  in  the  month  of  Abib 
the  LORD  thy  God  brought  thee  forth 
out  of  l£gypt  by  night. 

2  Thou  shalt  therefore  sacrifice  the 
passover  unto  the  LORD  thy  God,  of 
the  flock  and   the  herd,  in  the  place 
which  the  LORD  shall  choose  to  place 
his  name  there. 

3  Thou  shalt  eat  no  leavened  bread 
with  it ;  seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  un- 
leavened  bread   therewith,  even  the 
bread  of  affliction;    for  thou  earnest 
forth   out   of  the   land  of  Egypt  in 
haste:    that    thou   mayest   remember 
the  day  when  thou  earnest  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  all  the  days  of 
thy  life. 

4  And   there   shall  be  no  leavened 
bread  seen  with  thee  in  all  thy  coast 
seven  days  ;   neither  shall   there  any 
thing  of  the  flesh,  which  thou  sacrifi- 
cest  the  first  day  at  even,  remain  all 
night  until  the  morning. 

5  Thou  mayest  not  sacrifice  the  pass- 
over  within  any  of  thy  gates,  which 
the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee : 

6  But  at  the  place  which  the  LORD 
thy   God    shall    choose   to   place  his 
name  in,  there  thou  shalt  sacrifice  the 
passover  at  even,  at  the  going  down 
of  the  sun,  at  the  season  that  thou 
earnest  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

7  And  thou  shalt  roast  and  eat  it  in 
the  place  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
shall  choose:   and  thou  shalt  turn  in 
the  morning,  and  go  unto  thy  tents. 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 


8  Six  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened 
bread:   and  on  the  seventh  day  shall 
be  a  solemn  assembly  to  the  LORD  thy 
God  :   thou  shalt  do  no  work  therein. 

9  Seven  weeks  shalt  thou  number 
unto  thee :  begin  to  number  the  seven 
weeks  from  such,  time  as  thou  begin- 
nest  to  put  the  sickle  to  the  corn. 

10  And  thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of 
weeks  unto  the  LORD  thy  God  with  a 
tribute  of  a  freewill  offering  of  thine 
hand,  which  thou  shalt  give  unto  the 
LORD  thy  God,  according  as  the  LORD 
thy  God  hath  blessed  thee : 

11  And  thou  shalt  rejoice  before  the 
LORD  thy  God,   thou,  and  thy  son, 
and  thy  daughter,  and  thy  manserv- 
ant,  and  thy  maidservant,  and    the 
Levite  that  is  within  thy  gates,  and 
the  stranger,  and  the  fatherless,  and 
the  widow  that  are  among  you,  in  the 
place  which  the  LORD  thy  God  hath 
chosen  to  place  his  name  there. 

12  And  thou  shalt  remember  that 
thou  wast  a  bondman  in  Egypt :  and 
thou  shalt  observe  and  do  these  stat- 
utes. 

13  Thou  shalt  observe  the  feast  of 
tabernacles  seven  days,  after  that  thou 
hast  gathered  in   thy   corn  and  thy 
wine: 

14  And   thou   shalt  rejoice  on  thy 
feast,    thou,    and   thy   son,  and  thy 
daughter,  and  thy  manservant,   and 
thy  maidservant,  and  the  Levite,  the 
stranger,  and  the  fatherless,  and  the 
widow,  that  are  within  thy  gates. 

15  Seven  days  shalt   thou   keep  a 
solemn  feast  unto  the  LORD  thy  God 
in  the  place  which  the  LORD  shall 
choose  :  because  the  LORD  thy  God 
shall  bless  thee  in  all  thine  increase, 
and  in  all  the  works  of  thine  hands, 
therefore  thou  shalt  surely  rejoice. 

16  Three  times  in  a  year  shall  all 


thy  males  appear  before  the  LORD  thy 
God  in  the  place  which  he  shall  choose; 
on  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread,  and 
on  the  feast  of  weeks,  and  on  the  feast 
of  tabernacles :  and  they  shall  not  ap- 
pear before  the  LORD  empty : 

17  Every  man  shall  give  as  he  is 
able,  according  to  the  blessing  of  the 
LORD  thy  God  which  he  hath  given 
thee. 

18  Judges  and   officers   shalt  thou 
make  thee  in  all  thy  gates,  which  the 
LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee,  through- 
out thy  tribes :    and  they  shall  judge 

I  the  people  with  just  judgment. 

19  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  judgment; 

!  thou  shalt  not  respect  persons,  neither 
i  take  a  gift :   for  a  gift  doth  blind  the 
j  eyes   of   the   wise,    and   pervert   the 
|  words  of  the  righteous. 
|    20  That   which   is   altogether    just 
shalt  thou  follow,   that  thou  mayest 
live,  and  inherit  the  land  which  the 
LORD  thy  God  giveth.  thee. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  plant  thee  a  grove 
of  any  trees  near  unto  the  altar  of  the 
LORD  thy  God,  which  thou  shalt  make 

|  thee. 

22  Neither  shalt  thou  set  thee  up 
any  image ;  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
hateth. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

shalt  not  sacrifice  unto  the 
LORD   thy   God    any   bullock,  or 
sheep,  wherein  is  blemish,  or  any  evil- 
fa  vouredness  :   for  that  is  an  abomina- 
tion unto  the  LORD  thy  God. 
I    2  If  there  be  found  among  you,  with- 
i  in  any  of  thy  gates  which  the  LORD 
;  thy  God  giveth  thee,  man  or  woman, 
|  that  hath  wrougfct  wickedness^  in  the 
|  sight  of  the  LORD  thy  God,  in  trans- 
I  gressing  his  covenant, 


CHAPTER  XVII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


171 


3  And  hath  gone  and  served  other 
gods,  and  worshipped  them,  either  the 
sun,  or  the  moon,  or  any  of  the  host 
of  heaven,   which  I  have    not  com- 
manded ; 

4  And  it  be  told  thee,  and  thou  hast 
heard  of  it,  and  inquired  diligently, 
and,  behold,  it  be  true,  and  the  thing 
certain,    that    such    abomination    is 
wrought  in  Israel : 

5  Then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  that 
man  or  that  woman,  which  have  com- 
mitted  that  wicked  thing,   unto  thy 
gates,  even  that  man  or  that  woman, 
and  shalt  stone  them  with  stones,  till 
they  die. 

6  At  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses,  or 
three  witnesses,  shall  he  that  is  worthy 
of  death  be  put  to  death ;  but  at  the 
mouth  of  one  witness  he  shall  not  be 
put  to  death. 

7  The  hands  of  the  witnesses  shall 
be  first  upon  him  to  put  him  to  death, 
and  afterward  the  hands  of  all  the 
people.     So  thou  shalt  put  the  evil 
away  from  among  you. 

8  If  there  arise  a  matter  too  hard 
for  thee  in  judgment,   between  blood 
and  blood,   between    plea   and    plea, 
and  between  stroke  and  stroke,  being 
matters    of    controversy   within    thy 
gates :  then  shalt  thou  arise,  and  get 
thee    up   into   the    place    which    the 
LORD  thy  G-od  shall  choose ; 

9  And    thou   shalt   come   unto  the 
priests  the  Levites,  and  unto  the  judge 
that  shall  be  in  those  days,  and  in- 
quire; and  they  shall  shew  thee  the 
sentence  of  judgment: 

10  And  thou  shalt  do  according  to 
the  sentence,  which  they  of  that  place 
which  the  LORD    shall    choose   shall 
shew  thee;  and  thou  shalt  observe  to 
do  according  to  all  that  they  inform 
thee: 


11  According  to  the  sentence  of  the 
law  which  they  shall  teach  thee,  and 
according  to  the  judgment  which  they 
shall  tell   thee,  thou  shalt  do:   thou 
shalt  not  decline   from   the  sentence 
which  they  shall  shew  thee,    to  the 
right  hand,  nor  to  the  left. 

12  And  the  man  that  will  do  pre- 
j  sumptuously,    and    will    not   hearken 
I  unto  the  priest  that  standeth  to  min- 
ister there  before  the  LORD  thy  God, 
or  unto  the  judge,  even  that  man  shall 
die :   and  thou  shalt  put  away  the  evil 
from  Israel. 

13  And   all  the  people  shall  hear, 
and  fear,  and  do  no  more  presump- 
tuously. 

14  When  thou  art  come  unto  the 
land  which  the  LORD  thy  G-od  giveth 
thee,  and  shalt  possess  it,  and  shalt 
dwell  therein,  and  shalt  say,  I  will  set 
a  king  over  me,  like  as  all  the  nations 
that  are  about  me ; 

15  Thou  rnayest  surely  set  a  king 
over  thee,  whom  the  LORD  thy  God 
shall   choose:    one    from    among    thy 
brethren  shalt  thou  set  king  over  thee : 
thou  mayest  not  set  a  stranger  over 
thee,  which  is  not  thy  brother. 

16  But  he  shall  not  multiply  horses 
to  himself,  nor  cause  the  people  to  re- 
turn  to  Egypt,   to  the  end  that  he 
should  multiply  horses  :   forasmuch  as 
the   LORD  hath  said   unto   you,  Ye 
shall  henceforth  return  no  more  that 
way. 

17  Neither  shall  he  multiply  wives 
to  himself,   that  his  heart  turn  not 
away:  neither  shall  he  greatly  multi- 
ply to  himself  silver  and  gold. 

18  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  sitteth 
j  upon  the  throne  of  his  kingdom,  that 
j  he  shall  write  him  a  copy  of  this  law 
!  in  a  book  out  of  that  which  is  before 
I  the  priests  the  Levites : 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


19  And  it  shall  be  with  him,  and  he 
shall  read  therein  all  the  days  of  his 
life ;  that  he  may  learn  to  fear  the 
LORD  his  God,  to  keep  all  the  words 
of  this  law  and  these  statutes,  to  do 
them: 

20  That  his  heart  be  not  lifted"  up 
above  his  brethren,  and  that  he  turn 
not  aside  from  the  commandment,  to 
the  right  hand,  or  to  the  left:  to  the 
end  that  he  may  prolong  his  days  in 
his  kingdom,  he,  and  his  children,  in 
the  midst  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

priests  the  Levites,  and  all  the 
tribe  of  Levi,  shall  have  no  part 
nor  inheritance  with  Israel :  they  shall 
eat  the  offerings  of  the  LORD  made  by 
fire,  and  his  inheritance. 

2  Therefore  shall  they  have  no  in- 
heritance among  their  brethren:  the 
Lord  is  their  inheritance,  as  he  hath 
said  unto  them. 

3  And  this  shall  be  the  priest's  due 
from  the  people,  from  them  that  offer 
a  sacrifice,  whether  it  be  ox  or  sheep ; 
and  they  shall  give  unto  the  priest  the 
shoulder,  and  the  two  cheeks,  and  the 
maw. 

4  The  firstfruit  also  of  thy  corn,  of 
thy  wine,  and  of  thine  oil,  and  the 
first  of  the  fleece  of  thy  sheep,  shalt 
thou  give  him. 

5  For  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  chosen 
him  out  of  all  thy  tribes,  to  stand  to 
minister  in  the  name  of  the  LORD, 
him  and  his  sons  for  ever. 

6  And  if  a  Levite  come  from  any  of 
thy  gates  out  of  all  Israel,  where  he 
sojourned,  and  come  with  all  the  desire 
of  his  mind  unto  the  place  which  the 
LORD  shall  choose ; 

7  Then  he  shall  minister  in  the  name 
of  the  XORD  his  God,  as  all  his  breth- 


ren the  Levites  do,  which  stand  there 
before  the  LORD. 

8  They  shall  have  like  portions  to 
eat,  besides  that  which  cometh  of  the 
sale  of  his  patrimonyt 

9  When  thou  art  come  into  the  land 
which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee, 
thou  shalt  not  learn  to  do  after  the 
abominations  of  those  nations. 

10  There  shall  not  be  found  among 
you  any  one  that  niaketh  his  son  or 
his  daughter  to  pass  through  the  fire, 
or  that  useth  divination,  or  an  observer 
of  times,  or  an  enchanter,  or  a  witch, 

11  Or    a   charmer,    or    a    consulter 
with  familiar  spirits,  or  a  wizard,  or  a 
necromancer. 

12  For  all  that  do  these  things  are 
an  abomination  unto  the  LORD  :  and 
because   of    these    abominations   the 
LORD  thy  God  doth  drive  them  out 
from  before  thee. 

13  Thou  shalt  be  perfect  with  the 
LORD  thy  God. 

14  For  these    nations,   which   thou 
shalt  possess,  hearkened  unto  observ- 
ers of  times,  and  unto  diviners:  but 
as  for  thee,  the  LORD  thy  God  hath 
not  suffered  thee  so  to  do. 

15  The  LORD  thy  God  will  raise  up 
unto  thee  a  prophet  from  the  midst 
of  thee,  of  thy  brethren,  like  unto  me ; 
unto  him  ye  shall  hearken  ; 

16  According  to  all  that  thou  desir- 
edst  of  the  LORD  thy  God  in  Horeb  in 
the  day  of  the  assembly,  saying,  Let 
me  not  hear  again  the  voice  of  the 
LORD  my  God,  neither  let  me  see  this 
great  fire  any  more,  that  I  die  not. 

17  And  the  LORD    said   unto   me, 
They  have  well   spoken    that   which 
they  have  spoken. 

18  I    will  raise  them  up  a  prophet 
from  among  their  brethren,  like  unto 
thee,  and  will  put  my  words  in  his 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


173 


mouth ;  and  he  shall  speak  unto  them   and  his  hand  fetcheth  a  stroke  with 


all  that  I  shall  command  him. 


the  axe  to  cut  down  the  tree,  and  the 


19  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that !  head  slippeth  from  the  helve,  and 
whosoever  will  not  hearken  unto  my  lighteth  upon  his  neighbour,  that  he 
words  which  he  shall  speak  in  my  die ;  he  shall  flee  unto  one  of  those 


name,  I  will  require  it  of  him. 

20  But  the  prophet,  which  shall  pre- 
sume to  speak  a -word  in  my  name, 
which  I  have  not  commanded  him  to 


cities,  and  live: 

6  Lest  the  avenger  of  the  blood  pur- 
sue the  slayer,  while  his  heart  is  hot, 
and  overtake  him,  because  the  way  is 
long  and  slay  him;  whereas  he  was 


speak,    or   that   shall   speak   in   the 

name  of  other  gods,  even  that  prophet  |  not  worthy  of  death,  inasmuch  as  he 

shall  die.  |  hated  him  not  in  time  past. 

21  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  !    7  Wherefore  I  command  thee,  say- 
How  shall  we  know  the  word  which  I  ing,  Thou  shalt  separate  three  cities 
the  LORD  hath  not  spoken?  j  for  thee. 

22  When  a  prophet  speaketh  in  the  |    8  And  if  the  LORD  thy  God  enlarge 
name  of  the  LORD,  if  the  thing  follow  i  thy  coast,  as  he  hath  sworn  unto  thy 
not,    nor  come   to  pass,   that  is  the  j  fathers,   and   gire    thee  all  the  land 
thing  which  the  LORD  hath  not  spo-   which  he  promised  to  give  unto  thy 
ken,  but  the  prophet  hath  spoken  it  |  fathers. 

presumptuously :    thou    shalt    not   be  j    9  If  thou  shalt  keep  all  these  corn- 


afraid  of  him. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

NT  the  LORD  thy  God  hath 


driven  out   the    nations, 
land  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee, 


mandments  to  do  them,  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day,  to  love  the  LORD 
thy  God,  and  to  walk  ever  in  his  ways ; 
( then  shalt  thou  add  three  cities  more 
whose  |  for  thee,  beside  these  three : 

10  That  innocent  blood  be  not  shed 


and  thou  succeedest  them,  and  dwel- 
lest  in  their  cities,  and  in  their  houses ; 
2  Thou  shalt  separate  three  cities 
for  thee  in  the  midst  of  thy  land, 
which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee 
to  possess  it. 


in  thy  land,  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance,  and  so 
blood  be  upon  thee. 

11  But  if  any  man  hate  his  neigh- 
bour, and  lie  in  wait  for  him,  and  rise 
up  against  him,  and  smite  him  niort- 


3  Thou  shalt  'prepare  thee  a  way,  j  ally  that  he  die,  and  fleeth  into  one  of 
and   divide  the    coasts   of   thy  land,    these  cities : 

which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee  12  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall 
to  inherit,  into  three  parts,  that  every  j  send  and  fetch  him  thence,  and  deliver 
slayer  may  flee  thither.  I  him  into  the  hand  of  the  avenger  of 


4  And  this  is  the  case  of  the  slayer, 
which  shall  flee  thither,  that  he  may 
live:    Whoso    killeth    his    neighbour 
ignorantly,  whom  he  hated  not  in  time 
past ; 

5  As  when  a  man  goeth  into  the 
wood  with  his  neighbour  to  hew  wood, 


blood,  that  he  may  die. 

13  Thine  eye  shall  not  pity  him,  but 
thou  shalt  put  away  the  guilt  of  inno- 
cent blood  from  Israel,  that  it  may  go 
well  with  thee. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  remove  thy  neigh- 
bour's  landmark,  which  they  of   old 


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DP;UTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XX. 


time  have  set  in  thine  inheritance, 
which  thou  shalt  inherit  in  the  land 
that  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee  to 
possess  it. 

15  One  witness   shall    not    rise   up 
against  a  man  for  any  iniquity,  or  for 
any  sin,  in  any  sin  that  he  sinneth :  at 
the  mouth  of  two  witnesses,  or  at  the 
mouth  of   three  witnesses,   shall  the 
matter  be  established. 

16  If  a  false  witness  rise  up  against 
any  man  to  testify  against  him  that 
which  is  wrong ; 

17  Then  both  the  men,  between  whom 
the  controversy  is,  shall  stand  before 
the  LORD,  before  the  priests  and  the 
judges,  which  shall  be  in  those  days ; 

18  And  the  judges  shall  make  dili- 
gent inquisition:  and,  behold,  if  the 
witness  be  a  false  witness,  and  hath 
testified  falsely  against  his  brother ; 

19  Then  shall  ye  do  unto  him,  as 
he  had  thought  to  have  done  unto  his 
brother:   so  shalt  thou  put  the   evil 
away  from  among  you. 

20  And    those   which   remain  shall 
hear,  and  fear,  and  shall  henceforth 
commit  no  more  any  such  evil  among 
you. 

21  And  thine  eye  shall  not  pity ;  but 
life  shall  go  for  life,  eye  for  eye,  tooth 
for  tooth,  hand  for  hand,  foot  for  foot. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

'HEN  thou  goest  out  to  battle 
against  thine  enemies,  and  seest 
horses,  and  chariots,  and  a  people 
more  than  thou,  be  not  afraid  of 
them :  for  the  LORD  thy  God  is  with 
thee,  which  brought  thee  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  when  ye  are  come 
nigh  unto  the  battle,  that  the  priest 
shall  approach  and  speak  unto  the 
people, 


3  And  shall  say  unto  them,  Hear, 
0  Israel,  ye  approach  this  day  unto 
battle  against  your  enemies:   let  not 
your  hearts  faint,  fear  not,  and  do  not 
tremble,  neither  be  ye  terrified  because 
of  them ; 

4  For  the  LORD  your  God  is  he  that 
goeth  with  you,  to  fight  for  you  against 
your  enemies,  to  save  you. 

5  And  the  officers  shall  speak  unto 
the  people,  saying,  What  man  is  there 
that  hath  built  a  new  house,  and  hath 
not  dedicated  it?  let  him  go  and  re- 
turn to  his  house,  lest  he  die  in  the 
battle,  and  another  man  dedicate  it. 

6  And  what  man  is  there  that  hath 
planted  a  vineyard,  and  hath  not  yet 
eaten  of  it?  let  him  also  go  and  return 
unto  his   house,    lest  he    die    in  the 
battle,  and  another  man  eat  of  it. 

7  And  what  man  is  there  that  hath 
betrothed  a  wife,  and  hath  not  taken 
her?  let  him  go  and  return  unto  his 
house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and 
another  man  take  her. 

8  And  the  officers  shall  speak  further 
unto  the  people,  and  they  shall  say, 
What  man  is  there  that  is  fearful  and 
fainthearted?  let  him  go  and  return 
unto   his   house,   lest   his   brethren's 
heart  faint  as  well  as  his  heart. 

9  And  it  shall  be,  when  the  officers 
have  made  an  end  of  speaking  unto 
the  people,  that  they  shall  make  cap- 
tains of  the  armies  to  lead  the  people, 

10  When  thou  comest  nigh  unto  a 
city  to  fight  against  it,  then  proclaim 
peace  unto  it. 

11  And  it  shall  be,  if  it  make  thee 
answer  of  peace,  and  open  unto  thee, 
then  it  shall  be,  that  all  the  people 
that  is  found  therein  shall  be  tribu- 
taries unto  thee,  and  they  shall  serve 
thee. 

12  And  if  it  will  make  no  peace 


CHAPTER  XXI. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


175 


with  thee,  but  will  make  war  against  j 
thee,  then  thou  shalt  besiege  it : 

13  And  when  the  LORD  thy  God 
hath  delivered  it  into  thine   hands, 
thou  shalt  smite  every  male  thereof 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword : 

14  But  the  women,    and  the  little 
ones,  and  the  cattle,  and  all  that  is  in 
the  city,  even   all  the  spoil  thereof, 
shalt  thou  take  unto  thyself ;  and  thou 
shalt  eat  the  spoil  of  thine  enemies, 
which  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  given 
thee. 

15  When  thou  shalt  besiege  a  city 
a  long  time,  in  making  war  against  it 
to  take  it,  thou  shalt  not  destroy  the 
trees  thereof  by  forcing  an  axe  against 
them:   for  thou  mayest  eat  of  them, 
and  thou  shalt  not  cut  them  down ;  for 
they  are  but  wood  of  the  field,  and  not 
man  to  war  against  thee  in  the  siege. 

16  Only  the  trees  which  thou  know- 
eat  that  they  be  not  trees  for  meat, 
thou   mayest    destroy  and    cut  them 
down :  and  thou  shalt  build  bulwarks 
against  the  city  that  maketh  war  with 
thee,  until  it  be  subdued. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

TF  one  be  found  slain  in  the  land 
which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth 
thee  to  possess  it,  lying  in  the  field, 
and  it  be  not  known  who  hath  slain 
him: 

2  Then  thy  elders  and   thy  judges 
shall  come  forth,  and  they  shall  meas- 
ure unto  the  cities  which  are  round 
about  him  that  is  slain : 

3  And  it  shall  be,  that  the  city  which 
is  next  unto  the  slain  man,  even  the 
elders  of  that  city  shall  take  a  heifer, 
which  hath  not  been  wrought  with, 
and  which  hath  not  drawn  in  the  yoke ; 

4  And  the  elders  of  that  city  shall 
bring  down  the  heifer  unto  a  rough 


valley,  which  is  neither  eared  nor 
sown,  and  shall  strike  off  the  heifer's 
neck  there  in  the  valley. 

5  And  the  priests  the  sons  of  Levi 
shall  come  near;  for  them^he  LORD 
thy  God  hath  chosen  to  minister  unto- 
him,  and  to  bless  in  the  name  of  the 
LORD  ;  and  by  their  word  shall  every 
controversy  and  every  stroke  be  tried : 

6  And  all  the  elders  of  that  city, 
that  are  next  unto  the  slain  man,  shall 
wash  their  hands  over  the  heifer  that 
is  beheaded  in  the  valley  : 

7  And  they  shall  answer  and  say, 
Our  hands  have  not  shed  this  blood, 
neither  have  our  eyes  seen  it. 

8  Be  merciful,  0  LORD,  unto  thy 
people   Israel,   whom   thou   hast   re- 
deemed,   and   lay  not  innocent  blood 
unto  thy  people  Israel's  charge.    And 
the  blood  shall  be  forgiven  them. 

9  So  shalt  thou  put  away  the  guilt 
of  innocent  blood  from  among  you, 
when  thou  shalt  do  that  which  is  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  LORD. 

10  When  thou  goest   forth  to  war 
against  thine  enemies,  and  the  LORD 
thy  God    hath    delivered   them    into 
thine  hands,  and  thou  hast  taken  them 
captive, 

11  And  seest  among  the  captives  a 
beautiful  woman,  and  thou  wouldest 
have  her  to  thy  wife ; 

12  Then  thou  shalt  bring  her  home 
to  thine  house ;  and  she  shall  shave 
her  head,  and  pare  her  nails ; 

13  And  she  shall  put  the  raiment  of 
her  captivity  from  off  her,  and  shall 
remain  in  thine  house,  and  bewail  her 
father  and  her  mother  a  full  month  : 
and  after  that  thou  shalt  take  her, 
and  be  her  husband,  and  she  shall  be 
thy  wife. 

14  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  have  no 
delight  in  her,  then  thou  shalt  let  her 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 


go  whither  she  will;  but  thou  shalt 
not  sell  her  at  all  for  money,  thou 
shalt  not  make  merchandise  of  her, 
because  thou  hast  humbled  her. 

15  If  a  man  have  two  wives,  one  be- 
loved, and   another  .  hated,   and  they 
have  borne  him  children,  both  the  be- 
loved and  the  hated ;  and  if  the  first- 
born son  be  hers  that  was  hated  : 

16  Then  it  shall  be,  when  he  mak- 
eth  his  sons  to  inherit  that  which  he 
hath,  that  he  may  not  make  the  son 
of  the  beloved  firstborn  before  the  son 
of   the    hated,  which   is   indeed   the 
firstborn : 

17  But  he  shall  acknowledge  the  son 
of  the  hated  for  the  firstborn,  by  giv- 
ing him  a  double  portion  of  all  that 
he  hath :  for  he  is  the  beginning  of  his 
strength ;   the  right  of  the  firstborn  is 
his. 

18  If  a  man  have   a  stubborn  and 
rebellious  son,  which  will  not  obey  the 
voice  of  his  father,  or  the  voice  of  his 
mother,   and    that,    when  they   have 
chastened  him,  will  not  hearken  unto 
them: 

19  Then  shall  his  father   and   his 
mother  lay  hold  on  him,  and  bring  him 
out  unto  the  elders  of  his  city,  and 
unto  the  gate  of  his  place ; 

20  And   they   shall   say    unto    the 
elders  of  his  city,  This  our  son  is  stub- 
born and  rebellious,  he  will  not  obey 
our   voice;    he   is   a   glutton,  and  a 
drunkard. 

21  And  all  the  men  of  his  city  shall 
stone  him  with  stones,  that  he  die :  so 
shalt  thou  put  evil  away  from  among 
you;  and  all  Israel  shall  hear,   and 
fear. 

22  And  if  a  man  have  committed  a 
sin  worthy  of  death,  and  he  is  to  be 
put  to  death,  and  thou  hang  him  on  a 
tree : 


23  His  body  shall  not  remain  all 
night  upon  the  tree,  but  thou  shalt  in 
any  wise  bury  him  that  day  ;  that  thy 
land  be  not  defiled,  which  the  LOBD 
thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 


shalt  not  see  thy  brother's  ox 
or  his  sheep  go  astray,  and  hide 
thyself  from  them  :  thou  shalt  in  any 
case  bring  them  again  unto  thy 
brother. 

2  And  if  thy  brother  be  not  nigh 
unto  thee,  or  if  thou  know  him  not, 
then  thou  shalt  bring  it  unto  thine 
own  house,  and  it  shall  be  with  thee 
until  thy  brother  seek  after  it,  and 
thou  shalt  restore  it  to  him  again. 

3  In  like  manner  shalt  thou  do  with 
his  ass  ;  and  so  shalt  thou  do  with  his  * 
raiment  ;  and  with  all  lost  things  of 
thy  brother's,  which  he  hath  lost,  and 

I  thou  hast  found,  shalt  thou  do  like- 
wise :  thou  mayest  not  hide  thyself. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  see  thy  brother's 
ass  or  his  ox  fall  down  by  the  way, 
and   hide    thyself   from   them:    thou 
shalt  surely  help  him  to  lift  them  up 
again. 

5  The  woman  shall   not  wear  that 
which  pertaineth  unto  a  man,  neither 
shall  a  man  put  on  a  woman's   gar- 
ment :   for  all  that  do  so  are  an  abomi- 
nation unto  the  LOBD  thy  God. 

6  If  a  bird's  nest  chance  to  be  be- 
fore thee  in  the  way  in  any  tree,  or  on 
the  ground,   whether  they  be  young 
ones,    or  eggs,   and  the  dam  sitting 
upon  the  young,  or  upon  the  eggs, 
thou  shalt  not  take  the  dam  with  the 
young  : 

7  But  thou  shalt  in  any  wise  let  the 
dam  go,  and  take  the  young  to  thee  ; 
that  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and 
that  thou  mayest  prolong  thy  days. 


CHAPTER 


XXIII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


177 


8  When  thou  bulkiest  a  house,  then 
thou  shalt  make  a  battlement  for  thy 
roof,  that  thou  bring  not  blood  upon  ! 
thine   house,    if   any   man   fall  from  j 
thence. 

9  Thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  vineyard 
with  diverse  seeds :  lest  the  fruit  of  thy  j 
seed  which  thou  hast  sown,  and  the 
fruit  of  thy  vineyard,  be  denied. 

10  Thou  shalt  not  plough  with  an  ox  j 
and  an  ass  together. 

11  Thou  shalt  not  wear  a  garment  j 
of  diverse  sorts,  as  of  woolen  and  linen  | 
together. 

12  Thou   shalt   make   thee    fringes  j 
upon  the  four  quarters  of  thy  vesture,  j 
wherewith  thou  coverest  thyself. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

A  N  Ammonite  or  Moabite  shall  not 
enter  into  the  congregation  of  the 
LORD  ;  even  to  their  tenth  generation 
shall  they  not  enter  into  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  LORD  for  ever : 

2  Because  they  met  you  not  with 
bread  and  with  water  in   the  way, 
when  ye  came  forth  out  of  Egypt ; 
and  because  they  hired  against  thee 
Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  of  Pethor  of 
Mesopotamia,  to  curse  thee. 

3  Nevertheless,  the  LORD  thy  God 
would  not  hearken  unto  Balaam ;  but 
the  LORD  thy  God  turned  the  curse 
into  a  blessing  unto  thee,  because  the 
LORD  thy  God  loved  thee. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  seek  their  peace  nor 
their  prosperity  all  thy  days  for  ever. 

5  Thou  shalt  not  abhor  an  Edomite ; 
for  he  is  thy  brother:   thou  shalt  not 
abhor  an  Egyptian ;  because  thou  wast 
a  stranger  in  his  land. 

6  The  children  of  them  shall  enter 
into  the  congregation  of  the  LORD  in 
their  third  generation. 

7  When  the  host  goeth  forth  against 


thine  enemies,  then  keep  thee  from 
every  wicked  thing. 

8  For  the  LORD  thy  God  walketh  in 
the  midst  of  thy  camp,  to  deliver  thee, 
and  to  give  up  thine  enemies  before 
thee ;  therefore  shall  thy  camp  be  holy. 

9  Thou  shalt  not  deliver  unto  his 
master  the  servant  which  is  escaped 
from  his  master  unto  thee : 

10  He  shall  dwell  with  thee,  even 
among  you,  in  that  place  which  he 
shall  choose  in  one  of  thy  gates,  where 
it  liketh  him  best :   thou  shalt  not  op- 
press him. 

11  Thou  shalt  not  lend  upon  usury 
to  thy  brother ;  usury  of  money,  usury 
of  victuals,  usury  of  any  thing  that  is 
lent  upon  usury: 

12  Unto  a  stranger  thou  inayest  lend 
upon  interest ;   but  unto  thy  brother 
thou  shalt  not   lend  upon   interest : 
that  the  LORD  thy  God  may  bless 
thee    in    all    that  thou  settest  thine 
hand  to  in  the  land  whither  thou  goest 
to  possess  it. 

13  When  thou  shalt  vow  a  vow  unto 
the  LORD  thy  God,   thou  shalt  not 
slack  to  pay  it:  for  the  LORD  thy  God 
will  surely  require  it  of  thee  ;  and  it 
would  be  sin  in  thee. 

14  But  if  thou  shalt  forbear  to  vow, 
it  shall  be  no  sin  in  thee. 

15  That  which  is  gone  out  of  thy 
lips  thou   shalt   keep   and   perform: 
even  a  freewill  offering,  according  as 
thou  hast  vowed  unto  the  LORD  thy 
God,  which  thou  hast  promised  with 
thy  mouth. 

16  When  thou  comest  into  thy  neigh- 
bour's vineyard,  then  thou  mayest  eat 
grapes  thy  fill  at  thine  own  pleasure  ; 
but  thou  shalt  not  put  any  in  thy  ves- 
sel. 

17  When  thou  comest  into  the  stand- 
ing corn  of  thy  neighbour,  then  thou 


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CHAPTER  XXIV. 


mayest  pluck  the  ears  with  thine  hand; 
but  thou  shalt  not  move  a  sickle  unto 
thy  neighbour's  standing  corn. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 


a  man  hath  taken  a  wife, 
and  married  her,  and  it  come  to 
pass  that  she  find  no  favour  in  his 
eyes,  because  he  hath  found  some  dis- 
grace in  her  :  then  let  him  bring  her 
before  the  judges  and  write  her  a  bill 
of  divorcement,  and  give  it  in  her 
hand,  and  send  her  out  of  his  house. 

2  And  when  she  is  departed  out  of 
his  house,  she  may  go  and  be  another 
man's  wife. 

3  And  if  the  latter  husband  hate 
her,  and  write  her  a  bill  of  divorce- 
ment, and  giveth  it  in  her  hand,  and 
sendeth  her  out  of  his  house  ;  or  if  the 
latter  husband  die,  which  took  her  to 
be  his  wife  ; 

4  Her  former  husband,  which  sent 
her  away,  may  not  take  her  again  to 
be  his  wife  ;  for  that  is  abomination 
before  the  LORD  :  and  thou  shalt  not 
cause  the  land  to  sin,  which  the  LORD 
thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 

5  When   a  man  hath  taken  a  new 
wife,  he  shall  not  go  out  to  war,  neither 
shall  he  be  charged  with  any  business  : 
but  he  shall  be  free  at  home  one  year, 
and  shall  cheer  up  his  wife  which  he 
hath  taken. 

6  No  man  shall  take  the  nether  or 
the  upper  millstone  to  pledge  :  for  he 
taketh  a  man's  life  to  pledge. 

7  If  a  man  be  found  stealing  any  of 
his  brethren  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  rnaketh  merchandise  of  him,   or 
selleth  him  ;  then  that  thief  shall  die  ; 
and  thou  shalt  put  evil   away  from 
among  you. 

8  Take  heed  in  the  plague  of  leprosy, 
hat  thou  observe  diligently,  and  do 


according  to  all  that  the  priests  the 
Levites  shall  teach  you:  as  I  com- 
manded them,  so  ye  shall  observe  to 
do. 

9  Remember  what   the   LORD  thy 
God  did  unto  Miriam  by  the  way, 
after  that  ye  were  come  forth  out  of 
Egypt. 

10  When  thou  dost  lend  thy  brother 
any  thing,  thou  shalt  not  go  into  his 
house  to  fetch  his  pledge. 

11  Thou  shalt  stand  without,  and 
the  man  to  whom  thou  dost  lend  shall 
bring  out  the  pledge  unto  thee. 

12  And  if  the  man  be  poor,  thou 
shalt  not  sleep  with  his  pledge : 

13  In  any  case  thou  shalt  deliver 
him  the  pledge  again  when  the  sun 
goeth  down,  that  he  may  sleep  in  his 
own  raiment,  and  bless  thee :   and  it 
shall  be  righteousness  unto  thee  before 
the  LORD  thy  G-od. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  oppress  a  hired 
servant    that    is    poor    and    needy, 
whether  he  be  of  thy  brethren,  or  of 
thy  strangers  that  are   in   thy  land 
within  thy  gates: 

15  At  his  day  thou  shalt  give  him 
his  hire,  neither  shall  the  sun  go  down 
upon  it ;  for  he  is  poor,  and  setteth 
his  heart  upon  it :  lest  he  cry  against 
thee  unto  the  LORD,  and  it  be  sin 
unto  thee. 

16  The  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to 
death  for  the  children,  neither  shall 
the  children  be  put  to  death  for  the 
fathers:    every  man  shall  be  put  to 
death  for  his  own  sin. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  pervert  the  judg- 
ment  of    the   stranger,    nor   of    the 
fatherless ;  nor  take  a  widow's  raiment 
to  pledge : 

18  But  thou  shalt  remember  that 
thou  wast  a  bondman  in  Egypt,  and 
the  LORD  thy  God   redeemed  thee 


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AFTER  XXV. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


179 


thence :  therefore  I  command  thee  to 
do  this  thing. 

19  When  thou  cuttest  down  thine 
harvest  in  thy  field,  and  hast  forgot 
a  sheaf  in  the  field,  thou  shalt  not  go 
again  to  fetch  it:    it  shall  be  for  the 
stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  for 
the  widow:  that  the  LORD  thy  God 
may  bless  thee  in  all  the  work  of  thine 
hands. 

20  When   thou  beatest  thine   olive 
tree,  thou  shalt  not  go  over  the  boughs 
again :    it  shall  be  for  the  stranger, 
for  the  fatherless,  and  for  the  widow. 

21  When  thou  gatherest  the  grapes 
of  thy  vineyard,  thou  shalt  not  glean 
it    afterward:     it    shall   be   for   the 
stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  for 
the  widow. 

22  And  thou  shalt  remember  that 
thou  wast  a  bondman  in  the  land  of 
Egypt:  therefore  I  command  thee  to 
do  this  thing. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

TF  there  be  a  controversy  between 
men,  and  they  come  unto  judgment, 
that  the  judges  may  judge  them ;  then 
they  shall  justify  the  righteous,  and 
condemn  the  wicked. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  if  the  wicked  man 
be  worthy  to  be  beaten,  that  the  judge 
shall  cause  him  to  lie  down,  and  to  be 
beaten  before  his  face,  according  to 
his  fault,  by  a  certain  number. 

3  Forty  stripes  he  may  give  him, 
and  not  exceed:    lest,   if  he  should 
exceed,   and   beat   him   above   these 
with  many  stripes,  then  thy  brother 
should  seem  altogether  vile  unto  thee. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox  when 
he  treadeth  out  the  corn. 

5  If  brethren  dwell  together,    and 
one  of  them  die,  and  have  no  child, 
the  wife  of  the  dead  shall  not  marry 


without  unto  a  stranger :  her  husband' s 
brother  shall  take  her  to  him  to  wife. 

6  And  it  shall  be,  that  the  firstborn 
which  she  beareth  shall  succeed  in  the 
name  of  his  brother  which  is  dead, 
that  his  name  be  not  put  out  of  Israel. 

7  And  if  the  man  like  not  to  take 
his    brother's    wife,     then    let    his 
brother's  wife  go  up  to  the  gate  unto 
the   elders,    and  say,    My  husband's 
brother  refuseth  to  raise  up  unto  his 
brother  a  name  in  Israel ;  he  will  not 
take  me  to  wife. 

8  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall 
call  him,  and  speak  unto  him:   and  if 
he  stand  to  it,  and  say,  I  like  not  to 
take  her: 

9  Then  shall  his  brother's  wife  come 
unto  him  in  the  presence  of  the  elders, 
and  loose  his  shoe  from  off  his  foot, 
and  spit  in  his  face,  and  shall  answer 
and  say,  So  shall  it  be  done  unto  that 
man  that  will  not  build  up  his  brother's 
house. 

10  And  his  name  shall  be  called  in 
Israel,  The  house  of  him  that  hath 
his  shoe  loosed. 

11  Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thy  bag 
diverse  weights,  a  great  and  a  small ; 

12  Thou  shalt   not   have   in   thine 
house  diverse  measures,  a  great  and  a 
small : 

13  But  thou  shalt  have  a  perfect 
and  just  weight,  a  perfect  and  just 
measure  shalt  thou  have:    that  thy 
days  may  be  lengthened  in  the  land 
which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

14  For  all  that  do  such  things,  and 
all  that  do  unrighteously,  are  an  abom- 
ination unto  the  LORD  thy  God, 

15  Remember  what  Amalek  did  unto 
thee  by  the  way,  when  ye  were  come 
forth  out  of  Egypt; 

16  How  he  met  thee  by  the  way, 


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CHAPTER  XXVI. 


and  smote  the  hindmost  of  thee,  even 
all  that  were  feeble  behind  thee,  when 
thou  wast  faint  and  weary;  and  he 
feared  not  God. 

17  Therefore  it  shall  be,  when  the 
LORD  thy  God  hath  given  thee  rest 
from  all  thine  enemies  round  about, 
in  the  land  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance  to  pos- 
sess it,  that  thou  shalt  blot  out  the 
remembrance  of  Amalek  from  under 
heaven  ;  thou  shalt  not  forget  it. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

A  ND    it   shall  be,   when  thou  art 
come  in  unto  the  land  which  the 
LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  in- 
heritance, and  possessest  it,  and  dwel- 
lest  therein ; 

2  That  thou  shalt  take  of  the  first 
of  all  the  fruit  of  the  earth,  which 
thou  shalt  bring  of  thy  land  that  the 
LORD  thy  God  giveth  thee,  and  shalt 
put  it  in  a  basket,  and  shalt  go  unto 
the  place  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
shall  choose  to  place  his  name  there. 

3  And  thou  shalt  go  unto  the  priest 
that  shall  be  in  those  days,   and  say 
unto  him,  I  profess  this  day  unto  the 
LORD  thy  God,  that  I  am  come  unto 
the  country  which  the  LORD  sware  unto 
our  fathers  to  give  unto  us. 

4  And   the   priest    shall    take    the 
basket  out  of  thine  hand,  and  set  it 
down  before  the  altar  of  the  LORD 
thy  God. 

5  And  thou  shalt  speak  and  say  be- 
fore the  LORD  thy  God,  A  Syrian 
wanderer  was  my  father ;  and  he  went 
down    into    Egypt,     and    sojourned 
there  with  few  persons,  and  became 
there   a  nation,    great,    mighty,    and 
populous. 

6  And  the  Egyptians  ill-treated  us, 


and   afflicted   us,   and  laid  upon  us 
hard  bondage. 

7  And  when  we  cried  unto  the  LORD 
God  of  our  fathers,  the  LORD  heard 
our  voice,  and  looked  on  our  affliction, 
and  our  labour,  and  our  oppression: 

8  And  the  LORD  brought  us  forth 
out  of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand,  and 
with  an  outstretched  arm,   and  with 
great   terror,    and    with    signs,    and 
with  wonders: 

9  And  he  hath  brought  us  into  this 
place,  and  hath  given  us  this   land, 
even   a  land  that  floweth  with  milk 
and  honey. 

10  And  now,  behold,  I  have  brought 
the  firstfruits  of  the  land,  which  thou, 
0  LORD,  hast  given  me.     And  thou 
shalt  set  it  before  the  LORD  thy  God, 
and  worship  before  the  LORD  thy  God : 

11  And  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  every 
good  thing  which  the  LORD  thy  God 
hath  given  unto  thee,  and  unto  thine 
house,  thou,  and  the  Levite,  and  the 
stranger  that  is  among  you. 

12  When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of 
tithing  all  the  tithes  of  thine  increase 
the  third  year,  which  is  the  year  of 
tithing,   and  hast  given  it  unto  the 
Levite,   the  stranger,  the  fatherless, 
and   the  widow,  that  they  may  eat 
within  thy  gates,  and  be  filled ; 

13  Then  thou  shalt  say  before  the 
LORD  thy  God,  I  have  brought  away 
the  hallowed  things  out  of  mine  house, 
and  also  have  given  them  unto  the 
Levite,  and  unto  the  stranger,  to  the 
fatherless,  and  to  the  widow,  accord- 
ing to  all  thy  commandments  which 
thou  hast  commanded  me :  I  have  not 
transgressed  thy  commandments,  nei- 
ther have  I  forgotten  them : 

14  I  have  not  eaten  thereof  in  my 
mourning,  neither  have  I  taken  away 
aught  thereof  for  any  unclean  use, 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


181 


nor  given  aught  thereof  for  the  dead : 
but  I  have  hearkened  to  the  voice  of 
the  LORD  my  God,  and  have  done 
according  to  all  that  thou  hast  com- 
manded me. 

15  Look  down  from  thy  holy  habi- 
tation,   from   heaven,    and   bless  thy 
people  Israel,    and    the    land   which 
thou  hast  given  us,  as  thou  swarest 
unto  our  fathers,  a  land  that  floweth 
with  milk  and  honey. 

16  This  day  the  LORD  thy  God  hath 
commanded  thee  to  do  these  statutes 
and  judgments:    thou  shalt  therefore 
keep  and  do  them  with  all  thine  heart, 
and  with  all  thy  soul. 

17  Thou  hast  avouched  the  LORD 
this  day  to  be  thy  God,   and  to  walk 
in  his  ways,  and  to  keep  his  statutes, 
and  his  commandments,  and  his  judg- 
ments, and  to  hearken  unto  his  voice : 

18  And  the  LORD  hath   avouched 
thee  this  day  to  be  his  peculiar  people, 
as  he  hath  promised  thee,  and  that 
thou  shouldest  keep  all  his  command- 
ments ; 

19  And  to  make  thee  high  above  all 
nations  which  he  hath  made,  in  praise, 
and  in  name,   and   in   honour;    and 
that  thou  mayest  be  a  holy  people 
unto  the  LORD  thy  God,  as  he  hath 
spoken. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

fD  Moses  with  the  elders  of  Is- 
rael commanded  the  people,  say- 
ing, Keep  all  the  commandments  which 
I  command  you  this  day. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  on  the  day  when 
ye  shall  pass  over  Jordan  unto  the 
land  which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  that  thou  shalt  set  thee  up  great 
stones,  and  plaster  them  with  plaster : 

3  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  them 
all  the  words  of  this  law,  when  thou 


art  passed  over,  that  thou  mayest  go 
in  unto  the  land  which  the  LORD  thy 
God  giveth  thee,  a  land  that  floweth 
with  milk  and  honey ;  as  the  LORD 
God  of  thy  fathers  hath  promised  thee. 

4  Therefore  it  shall  be  when  ye  be 
gone  over  Jordan,  that  ye  shall  set  up 
these  stones,    which  I  command  you 
this  day,  in  mount  Ebal,   and  thou 
shalt  plaster  them  with  plaster. 

5  And   there    shalt  thou  build  an 
altar   unto   the   LORD  thy  God,  an 
altar  of  stones :  thou  shalt  not  lift  up 
any  iron  tool  upon  them. 

6  Thou  shalt  build  the  altar  of  the 
LORD  thy  God  of  whole  stones:   and 
thou  shalt  offer  burnt  offerings  thereon 
unto  the  LORD  thy  God  : 

7  And  thou  shalt  offer  peace  offer- 
ings, and  shalt  eat  there,  and  rejoice 
before  the  LORD  thy  God. 

8  And   thou  shalt  write  upon  the 
stones  all  the  words  of  this  law  very 
plainly. 

9  And  Moses  and  the  priests  the 
Levites  spake  unto  all  Israel,  saying, 
Take  heed,    and  hearken,  0  Israel: 
this  day  thou  art  become  the  people 
of  the  LORD  thy  God. 

10  Thou  shalt  therefore   obey   the 
voice  of  the  LORD  thy  God,  and  do 
his  commandments  and  his  statutes, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day. 

11  And  Moses  charged  the  people 
the  same  day,  saying, 

12  These   shall  stand  upon  mount 
Gerizim  to  bless  the  people,  when  ye 
are  come  over  Jordan ;    Simeon,   and 
Levi,  and  Judah,   and  Issachar,  and 
Joseph,  and  Benjamin : 

13  And    these    shall     stand    upon 
mount  Ebal  to  curse ;   Reuben,  Gad, 
and  Asher,  and  Zebulun,  Dan,  and 
Naphtali. 

14  And  the  Levites  shall  speak,  and 


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CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


say  unto  all  the  men  of  Israel  with  a 
loud  voice, 

15  Cursed  be  the  man  that  maketh 
any  graven  or  molten  image,  an  abom- 
ination unto  the  LORD,  the  work  of 
the  hands  of  the  craftsman,  and  put- 
teth  it  in  a  secret  place :    and  all  the 
people  shall  answer  and  say,  Amen. 

16  Cursed  be  he  that  setteth  light 
his   father   or    his    mother:    and  all 
the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

17  Cursed  be  he  that  reinoveth  his 
neighbour's   landmark:    and   all   the 
people  shall  say,  Amen. 

18  Cursed  be  he  that  rnaketh  the 
blind  to  stumble  on  the  way:    and 
all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

19  Cursed  be  he  that  perverteth  the 
judgment  of  the  stranger,  fatherless, 
and  widow :   and  all  the  people  shall 
say,  Amen. 

20  Cursed  be  he  that  smiteth  his 
neighbour  secretly :   and  all  the  people 
shall  say,  Amen. 

21  Cursed  be  he  that  taketh  reward 
to  slay  an  innocent  person:    and  all 
the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

22  Cursed  be  he  that  contirineth  not 
all  the  words  of  this  law  to  do  them  : 
and  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

A  ND  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  thou 
shalt  hearken  diligently  unto  the 
voice  of  the  LORD  thy  God,  to  observe 
and  to  do  all  his  commandments  which 
I  command  thee  this  day,  that  the 
LORD  thy  God  will  set  thee  on  high 
above  all  nations  of  the  earth : 

2  And  all  these  blessings  shall  come 
on  thee,  and  overtake  thee,  if  thou 
shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the 
LORD  thy  God. 

3  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city, 
and  blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  field. 


4  Blessed  shall  be  thy  issue,   and 
the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the  fruit 
of  thy  cattle,  the  increase  of  thy  kine, 
and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

5  Blessed   shall  be  thy  basket  and 
thy  store. 

6  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou 
comest  in,  and  blessed  shalt  thou  be 
when  thou  goest  out. 

7  The  LORD  shall  cause  thine  ene- 
mies to  be  smitten  before  thy  face: 
they  shall  come  out  against  thee  one 
way,  and  flee  before  thee  seven  ways. 

8  The    LORD    shall    command   the 
ble?sing  upon  thee  in  thy  storehouses, 
and  in  all  that  thou  settest  thine  hand 
unto ;  and  he  shall  bless  thee  in  the 
land  which  the  LORD  thy  God  giveth 
thee. 

9  The  LORD  shall  establish  thee  a 
holy  people  unto  himself,  as  he  hath 
sworn  unto  thee,  if  thou  shalt  keep 
the  commandments  of  the  LORD  thy 
God,  and  walk  in  his  ways. 

10  And  all  the  people  of  the  earth 
shall  see  that  thou  art  called  by  the 
name  of  the  LORD  ;  and  they  shall  be 
afraid  of  thee. 

11  And  the  LORD  shall  make  thee 
plenteous  in  goods,  in  thy  children, 
and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  and  in 
the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  in  the  land 
which    the    LORD    sware    unto    thy 
fathers  to  give  thee. 

12  The  LORD  shall  open  unto  thee 
his  good  treasure,  the  heaven,  to  give 
the  rain  unto  thy  land  in  his  season, 
and  to  bless  all  the  work  of  thine 
hand :  and  thou  shalt  lend  unto  many 
nations,  and  thou  shalt  not  borrow. 

13  And  the  LORD  shall  make  thee 
the  head,  and  not  the  tail ;   and  thou 
shalt  be  above  only,  and  thou  shalt 
not  be  beneath ;  if  that  thou  hearken 
unto  the  commandments  of  the  LORD 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


183 


thy  Grod,  which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  to  observe  and  to  do  them : 

14  And  thou  shalt  not  go  aside  from 
any  of  the  words  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  to  the  right  hand,  or  to 
the  left,  to  go  after  other  gods  to  serve 
them. 

15  But  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  thou 
wilt  not  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the 
LORD  thy  G-od,  to  observe  to  do  all 
his  commandments  and  his  statutes 
which  I  command  thee  this  day ;  that 
all  these  curses  shall  come  upon  thee, 
and  overtake  thee : 

16  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city, 
and  cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  field. 

17  Cursed  shall  be  thy  basket  and 
thy  store. 

18  Cursed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy 
land,  the  increase  of  thy  kine,   and 
the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

19  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou 
comest  in,  and  cursed  shalt  thou  be 
when  thou  goest  out. 

20  The  LORD  shall  cause  thee  to  be 
smitten   before  thine  enemies:    thou 
shalt  go  out  one  way  against  them, 
and  flee  seven  ways  before  them ;  and 
shalt  be  removed  into  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  earth. 

21  The  LORD  shall  bring  thee,  and 
thy  king  which  thou  shalt  set  over 
thee,  unto  a  nation  which  neither  thou 
nor   thy   fathers   have   known;    and 
there  shalt   thou   serve   other   gods, 
wood  and  stone. 

22  And  thou  shalt  become  an  aston- 
ishment,  a  proverb,   and   a  byword, 
among  all  nations  whither  the  LORD 
shall  lead  thee. 

23  Thou  shalt  carry  much  seed  out 
into  the  field,  and  shalt  gather  but 
little  in ;  for  the  locust  shall  consume 
it. 

24  Thou  shalt  plant  vineyards,  and 


dress  them,  but  shalt  neither  drink  of 
the  wine,  nor  gather  the  grapes ;  for 
the  worms  shall  eat  them. 

25  Thou    shalt    have    olive    trees 
throughout   all  thy  coasts,   but  thou 
shalt  not  anoint  thyself  with  the  oil ; 
for  thine  olive  shall  cast  his  fruit. 

26  Thou  shalt  have  sons  and  daugh- 
ters,' but  thou  shalt  not  enjoy  them ; 
for  they  shall  go  into  captivity. 

27  All  thy  trees  and  fruit  of  thy 
land  shall  the  locust  consume. 

28  The  stranger  that  is  within  thee 
shall  get  up  above  thee  very  high; 
and  thou  shalt  come  down  very  low. 

29  He  shall  lend  to  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  not  lend  to  him :  he  shall  be  the 
head,  and  thou  shalt  be  the  tail. 

30  Moreover  all  these  curses  shall 
come    upon    thee,    and    shall   pursue 
thee,  and  overtake  thee,  till  thou  be 
destroyed;  because  thou  hearkenedst 
not  unto  the  voice  of  the  LORD  thy 
God,  to  keep  his  commandments  and 
his  statutes  which  he  commanded  thee. 

31  And  they  shall  be  upon  thee  for 
a  sign  and  for  a  wonder,  and  upon 
thy  children  for  ever. 

32  Because   thou  servedst  not  the 
LORD  thy  Grod  with  joyfulness,  and 
with  gladness  of  heart,  for  the  abun- 
dance of  all  things ; 

33  Therefore  shalt  thou  serve  thine 
enemies,  which  the  LORD  shall  send 
against  thee,  in  hunger,  and  in  thirst,  • 
and  in  nakedness,  and  in  want  of  all 
things:    and  he  shall  put  a  yoke  of 
iron  upon  thy  neck,  until  he  have  de- 
stroyed thee. 

34  The  LORD  shall  bring  a  nation 
against  thee  from  far,  from  the  end 
of  the  earth,   as  swift  as  the  eagle 
flieth;    a  nation  whose  tongue  thou 
shalt  not  understand ; 

35  A  nation  of  fierce  countenance, 


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CHAPTER  XXVIII. 


which  shall  not  regard  the  person  of 
the  old,  nor  shew  favour  to  the  young: 

36  And  he  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  thy 
cattle,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  until 
thou  be  destroyed:    which  also  shall 
not  leave  thee  either  corn,  wine,   or 
oil,   or  the  increase  of  thy  kine,    or 
flocks  of  thy  sheep,  until  he  have  de- 
stroyed thee.  . 

37  And  he  shall  besiege  thee  in  all 
thy  gates,  until  thy  high  and  fenced 
walls  come  down,  wherein  thou  trust- 
edst,  throughout  all  thy  land :   and  he 
shall   besiege    thee   in    all  thy  gates 
throughout   all  thy  land,   which  the 
LORD  thy  God  hath  given  thee. 

38  And  thou  shalt  eat  the  flesh  of 
thy  sons  and  of  thy  daughters,  which 
the  LORD  thy  God  hath  given  thee, 
in  the  siege,   and  in  the  straitness, 
wherewith  thine  enemies  shall  distress 
thee: 

39  So  that  the  man  that  is  tender 
among  you,  and  very  delicate,  his  eye 
shall  be  evil  toward  his  brother,  and 
toward  his  wife,  and  toward  the  rem- 
nant of  his  children  which  he   shall 
leave  ; 

40  So  that  he  will  not  give  to  any 
of  them  of  the  flesh  of  his  children 
whom  he  shall  eat:    because  he  hath 
nothing  left  him  in  the  siege,  and  in 
the  straitness,  wherewith  thine  enemies 
shall  distress  thee  in  all  thy  gates. 

41  The  tender  and  delicate  woman 
among  you,  which  would  not  venture 
to  set  the  sole  of  her  foot  upon  the 
ground   for  delicateness  and   tender- 
ness, her  eye  shall  be  evil  toward  her 
husband,   and   toward   her  son,   and 
toward  her  daughter, 

42  And  toward  her  young  one,  for 
she  shall   eat  them  for  want  of  all 
things  secretly  in  the  siege  and  strait- 


ness,    wherewith   thine    enemy   shall 
distress  thee  in  thy  gates. 

43  If  thou  wilt  not  observe  to  do  all 
the  words  of  this  law  that  are  written 
in  this  book,  that  thou  mayest  fear 
this  glorious  and  fearful  name,  THE 
ETERNAL  THY  GOD  ; 

44  Then  the  LORD  will  make  thy 
plagues  wonderful,  and  the  plagues  of 
thy  children,  even  great  plagues,  and 
of  long  continuance,   and    sore   sick- 
nesses, and  of  long  continuance. 

45  Moreover,    he   will    bring   upon 
thee  all  the  diseases  of  Egypt,  which 
thou  wast  afraid  of ;    and  they  shall 
cleave  unto  thee. 

46  Also  every  sickness,   and  every 
plague,  which  is  not  written  in  the 
book  of  this  law,  them  will  the  LORD 
bring  upon  thee,   until  thou  be   de- 
stroyed. 

47  And  ye  shall  be  left  few  in  num- 
ber, whereas  ye  were  as  the  stars  of 
heaven  for  multitude;    because  thou 
wouldest  not  obey  the  voice  of  the 
LORD  thy  God. 

48  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
as  the  LORD  rejoiced  over  you  to  do 
you  good,  and  to  multiply  you ;  so  the 
LORD  will  do  unto  you  to  destroy  you, 
and  to  bring  you  to  nought ;    and  ye 
shall  be   plucked  from  off  the   land 
whither  thou  goest  to  possess  it. 

49  And  the  LORD  shall  scatter  thee 
among  all  people,  from  the  one  end  of 
the  earth  even  unto  the  other;    and 
there   thou   shalt   serve   other   gods, 
which  neither  thou  nor  thy  fathers 
have  known,  even  wood  and  stone. 

50  And   among  these  nations  shalt 
thou  find  no  ease,  neither  shall  the 
sole  of  thy  foot  have  rest:    but  the 
LORD  shall  give  thee  there  a  trembling 
heart,  and  failing  of  eyes,  and  sorrow 
of  mind : 


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51  And  thy  life  shall  hang  in  doubt 
before  thee ;  and  thou  shalt  fear  day 
and  night,  and  shalt  have  no  assurance 
of  thy  life : 

52  In  the  morning  thou  shalt  say, 
Would  God  it  were  even  !   and  at  even 
thou  shalt  say,  Would  God  it  were 
morning  !   for  the  fear  of  thine  heart 
wherewith  thou  shalt  fear,  and  for  the 
sight  of  thine  eyes  which  thou  shalt  see. 

53  And  the  LORD  shall  bring  thee 
into  Egypt  again  with  ships,  by  the 
way  whereof  I  spoke  unto  thee,  Thou 
shalt  see  it  no  more  again :  and  there 
ye  shall  be  sold  unto  your  enemies  for 
bondmen   and    bondwomen,    and    no 
man  shall  buy  you. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

THESE  are  the  words  of  the  cove- 
nant, which  the  LORD  commanded 
Moses  to  make  with  the  children  of 
Israel  in  the  land  of  Moab,  besides 
the  covenant  which  he  made  with 
them  in  Horeb. 

2  And  Moses  called  unto  all  Israel, 
and  said  unto  them,  Ye  have  seen  all 
that  the  LORD  did  before  your  eyes  in 
the  land  of  Egypt  unto  Pharaoh,  and 
unto  all  his  servants,  and  unto  all  his 
land ; 

3  The  great  temptations  which  thine 
eyes  have  seen,  the  signs,  and  those 
great  miracles : 

4  Yet  the  LORD  hath  not  given  you 
a  heart  to  perceive,  and  eyes  to  see, 
and  ears  to  hear,  unto  this  day. 

5  And  I  have  led  you  forty  years  in 
the  wilderness :    your   clothes   are  not 
waxen  old  upon  you,  and  thy  shoe  is 
not  waxen  old  upon  thy  foot. 

6  Ye  have  not  eaten  bread,  neither 
have  ye  drunk  wine  or  strong  drink: 
that  ye   might  know  that  I  am  the 
LORD  your  God. 


7  And  when  ye  came  unto  this  place, 
Sihon  the  king  of  Heshbon,  and  Og 
the  king  of  Bashan,  came  out  against 
us  unto  battle,  and  we  smote  them  : 

8  And  we  took  their  land,  and  gave 
it  for  an  inheritance  unto  the  Reuben- 
ites,  and  to  the  Gadites,  and  to  the 
half  tribe  of  Manasseh. 

9  Keep  therefore  the  words  of  this 
covenant,  and  do  them,  that  ye  may 
prosper  in  all  that  ye  do. 

10  Ye  stand  this  day  all  of  you  be- 
fore the  LORD  your  God ;  your  cap- 
tains of  your  tribes,  your  elders,  and 
your   officers,    with    all   the    men   of 
Israel, 

11  Your  little  ones,  your  wives,  and 
thy   stranger   that   is   in    thy   camp, 
from  the  hewer  of  thy  wood  unto  the 
drawer  of  thy  water : 

12  That  thou  shouldest  enter  into 
covenant  with  the  LORD  thy  God,  and 
into  his  oath,  which  the  LORD   thy 
God  maketh  with  thee  this  day: 

13  That  he  may  establish  thee  to 
day  for  a  people  unto  himself,    and 
that  he  may  be  unto  thee  a  God,  as 
he  hath   said  unto  thee,   and  as  he 
hath  sworn  unto  thy  fathers,  to  Abra- 
ham, to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob. 

14  Neither  with  you  only  do  I  make 
this  covenant  and  this  oath ; 

1.5  But  with  him  that  standeth  here 
with  us  this  day  before  the  LORD  our 
God,  and  also  with  him  that  is  not 
here  with  us  this  day  : 

16  Ye   know   how  we   have   dwelt 
in  the  land  of  Egypt;   and  how  we 
came  through  the  nations  which  ye 
passed  by ; 

17  And  ye  have  seen  their  abomina- 
tions, and  their  idols,  wood  and  stone, 
silver  and  gold,   which  were   among 
them: 

18  Lest  there  should  be  among  you 


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CHAPTER  XXX. 


man  or  woman,  or  family,  or  tribe, 
whose  heart  turneth  away  this  day 
from  the  LORD  our  God,  to  go  and 
serve  the  gods  of  these  nations ;  lest 
there  should  be  among  you  a  root  that 
beareth  gall  and  wormwood  ; 

19  And  it  come  to  pass,  when  he 
heareth  the  words  of  this  curse,  that 
he  bless  himself  in  his  heart,  saying, 
I  shall  have  peace,  though  I  walk  in 
the  imagination  of  mine  heart,  to  add 
drunkenness  to  thirst : 

20  The  LORD  will  not  spare  him, 
but  then  the  anger  of  the  LORD  and 
his  jealousy  shall  burn  against  that 
man,  and  all  the  curses  that  are  writ- 
ten in  this  book  shall  lie  upon  him, 
and  the  LORD  shall  blot  out  his  name 
from  under  heaven. 

21  And   the   LORD    shall   separate 
him  unto  evil,  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  according  to  all  the  curses  of 
the  covenant  that  are  written  in  this 
book  of  the  law : 

22  So  that  the  generation  to  come 
of  your  children  that  shall  rise   up 
after  you,  and  the  stranger  that  shall 
come  from  a  far  land,  shall  say,  when 
they  see  the  plagues  of  that  land,  and 
the  sicknesses  which  the  LORD  hath 
laid  upon  it ; 

23  And  that  the  whole  land  thereof  is 
brimstone,  and  salt,  and  burning,  that 
it  is  not  sown,  nor  beareth,  nor  any 
grass  groweth  therein,  like  the  over- 
throw of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  Ad- 
mah  and  Zeboim,   which  the  LORD 
overthrew  in  his  anger,    and  in   his 
wrath : 

24  Even  all  nations  shall  say,  Where- 
fore hath  the  LORD  done  thus  unto 
this  land?  what  meaneth  the  heat  of 
this  great  anger? 

25  Then  men  shall  say,  Because  they 
have   forsaken   the   covenant  of  the 


LORD  God  of  their  fathers,  which  he 
made  with  them  when  he  brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt : 

26  For  they  went  and  served  other 
gods,  and  worshipped  them,  gods  whom 
they  knew  not,  and  whom  he  had  not 
given  unto  them : 

27  And  the  anger  of  the  LORD  was 
kindled   against  this   land,    to   bring 
upon  it  all  the  curses  that  are  written 
in  this  book: 

28  And  the  LORD  rooted  them  out 
of  their  land  in  anger,  and  in  wrath, 
and  in  great  indignation,  and  cast  them 
into  another  land,  as  it  is  this  day. 

29  The  secret   things   belong   unto 
the  LORD  our  God :  but  those  things 
which   are   revealed   belong  unto  us 
and  to  our  children  for  ever,  that  we 
may  do  all  the  words  of  this  law. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

A  ND  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  all 
these  things  are  come  upon  thee, 
the  blessing  and  the  curse,  which  I 
have  set  before  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
call  them  to  mind  among  all  the  na- 
tions, whither  the  LORD  thy  God 
hath  driven  thee, 

2  And  shalt  return  unto  the  LORD 
thy  God,  and  shalt  obey  his  voice  ac- 
cording to  all  that  I  command  thee 
this  day,  thou  and  thy  children,  with 
all  thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul ; 

3  That  then  the  LORD  thy  God  will 
turn  thy  captivity,  and  have  compas- 
sion upon  thee,  and  will  return  and 
gather   thee    from    all    the    nations, 
whither  the  LORD  thy  God  hath  scat- 
tered thee. 

4  If  any  of  thine  be  driven  out  unto 
the  outmost  parts  of   heaven,    from 
thence  will  the  LORD  thy  God  gather 
thee,   and  from  thence  will  he  fetch 
thee: 


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5  And  the  LORD  thy  God  will  bring 
thee  into  the  land  which  thy  fathers 
possessed,  and  thou  shalt  possess  it ; 
and  he  will  do  thee  good,  and  multiply 
thee  above  thy  fathers. 

6  And  the  LORD  thy  God  will  cir- 
cumcise thine  heart,  and  the  heart  of 
thy  children,  to  love  the  LORD  thy  God 
with  all  thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy 
soul,  that  thou  niayest  live. 

7  And  the  LORD  thy  God  will  put 
all  these  curses  upon  thine  enemies, 
and   on  them  that  hate  thee,  which 
persecuted  thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  return  and   obey 
the  voice  of  the  LORD,  and  do  all  his 
commandments  which  I  command  thee 
this  day. 

9  And  the  LORD  thy  God  will  make 
thee  plenteous  in  every  work  of  thine 
hand,  in  thy  population,  in  the  fruit  of 
thy  cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  land, 
for  good :  for  the  LORD  will  again  re- 
joice over  thee  for  good,  as  he  rejoiced 
over  thy  fathers : 

10  If  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  the 
voice  of  the  LORD  thy  God,  to  keep 
his  commandments  and  his  statutes 
which  are  written  in  this  book  of  the 
law,  and  if  thou  turn  unto  the  LORD 
thy  God  with    all  thine   heart,    and 
with  all  thy  soul. 

11  For  this  commandment  which  I 
command  thee  this  day,  it  is  not  hid- 
den from  thee,  neither  is  it  far  off. 

12  It  is  not  in  heaven,  that  thou 
shouldest  say,  Who  shall  go  up  for  us 
to  heaven,  and  bring  it  unto  us,  that 
we  may  hear  it,  and  do  it? 

13  Neither  is  it  beyond  the  sea,  that 
thou  shouldest  say,  Who  shall  go  over 
the  sea  for  us,  and  bring  it  unto  us, 
that  we  may  hear  it,  and  do  it? 

14  But  the  word  is  very  nigh  unto 


thee,  in  thy  mouth,  and  in  thy  heart, 
that  thou  mayest  do  it. 

15  See,  I  have  set  before  thee  this 
day  life  and  good,  and  death  and  evil; 

16  In  that  I  command  thee  this  day 
to  love  the  LORD  thy  God,  to  walk  in 
his  ways,  and  to  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  his  statutes,  and  his  judg- 
ments, that  thou  mayest  live  and  mul- 
tiply:   and  the  LORD  thy  God  shall 
bless  thee  in  the  land  whither  thou 
goest  to  possess  it. 

17  But  if  thine  heart  turn  away,  so 
that  thou  wilt  not  hear,  but  shalt  be 
drawn  away,  and  worship  other  gods, 
and  serve  them ; 

18  I  denounce  unto  you  this  day, 
that  ye  shall  surely  perish,  and  that 
ye  shall  not  prolong  your  days  upon 
the   land,  whither  thou  passest  over 
Jordan  to  go  to  possess  it. 

19  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  record 
this  day  against  you,  that  I  have  set 
before  you  life   and   death,   blessing 
and   cursing:    therefore   choose   life, 
that  both  thou  and  thy  children  may 
live: 

20  That  thou  mayest  love  the  LORD 
thy  God,  and  that  thou  mayest  obey 
his  voice,  and  that  thou  mayest  cleave 
unto  him :  for  he  is  thy  life,  and  the 
length  of  thy  days:   that  thou  mayest 
dwell  in  the   land  which  the  LORD 
sware  unto  thy  fathers,  to  Abraham, 
to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  to  give  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

A  ND  Moses  went  and  spake  these 
words  unto  all  Israel. 

2  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  am  a 
hundred  and  twenty  years   old   this 
day ;  I  can  no  more  go  out  and  come 
in :  also  the  LORD  hath  said  unto  me, 
Thou  shalt  not  go  over  this  Jordan. 

3  The  LORD  thy  God,   he  will  go 


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CHAPTER  XXXI. 


over  before  thee,  and  he  will  fight 
against  these  nations,  and  thou  shalt 
possess  them:  and  Joshua,  he  shall 
go  over  before  thee,  as  the  LORD 
hath  said. 

4  Be  strong  and  of  a  good  courage, 
fear  not,  nor  be  afraid  of  them:  for 
the  LORD  thy  God,  he  it  is  that  doth 
go  with  thee ;   he  will  not  fail  thee, 
nor  forsake  thee. 

5  And  Moses  called  unto   Joshua,  | 
and  said  unto  him  in  the  sight  of  all  j 
Israel,  Be  strong  and  of  a  good  cour- 1 
age :  for  thou  must  go  with  this  people  | 
unto  the  land  which  the  LORD  hath  j 
sworn  unto  their  fathers  to  give  them ; 
and  thou  shalt  cause  them  to  inherit  it. 

6  And  the  LORD,  he  it  is  that  doth  j 
go  before  thee ;  he  will  be  with  thee, 
he  will  not  fail  thee,  neither  forsake 
thee  :  fear  not,  neither  be  dismayed. 

7  And  Moses  wrote  this  law,  and 
delivered  it  unto  the  priests  the  sons 
of  Levi,  which  bare  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  LORD,  and  unto  all 
the  elders  of  Israel. 

8  And  Moses  commanded  them,  say- 
ing, At  the  end  of  every  seven  years, 
in  the  solemnity  of  the  year  of  release, 
on  the  feast  of  tabernacles, 

9  When  all  Israel  is  come  to  appear 
before  the  LORD  thy  God  in  the  place 
which  he  shall  choose,  thou  shalt  read 
this  law   before    all   Israel   in  their 
hearing. 

10  Gather  the  people  together,  men, 
and  women,   and  children,   and  thy 
stranger  that  is  within  thy  gates,  that 
they  may  hear,   and  that  they  may 
learn,  and  fear  the  LORD  your  God, 
and  observe  to  do  all  the  words  of 
this  law : 

11  And  that  their  children,   which 
have  not  known  any  thing,  may  hear, 
and  learn  to  fear  the  LORD  your  God, 


as  long  as  ye  live  in  the  land  whither 
ye  go  over  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

12  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  thy  days  approach  that  thou 
must   die:    call   Joshua  and   present 
yourselves   in   the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  that  I  may  give  him  a 
charge.    And  Moses  and  Joshua  went, 
and  presented  themselves  in  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation. 

13  And  the  LORD  appeared  in  the 
tabernacle  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud :   and 
the  pillar  of  the  cloud  stood  over  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle. 

14  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
Behold,    thou    shalt   sleep   with    thy 
fathers  ;  and  this  people  will  rise  up, 
and  go  and  worship  the  gods  of  the 
strangers  of  the  land,   whither  they 
go  to  be  among  them,  and  will  forsake 
me,  and  break  my  covenant  which  I 
have  made  with  them. 

15  Then  my  anger  shall  be  kindled 
against  them  in  that  day,  and  I  will 
forsake  them,  and  I  will  hide  my  face 
from  them,  and  they  shall  be  devoured, 
and  many  evils  and  troubles  shall  be- 
fall them;  so  that  they  will  say  in 
that  day,   Are  not  these  evils  come 
upon    us,    because   our   God   is   not 
among  us? 

16  And  I  will  surely  hide  my  face 
in  that  day  for  all  the  evils  which 
they  shall  have  wrought,  in  that  they 
are  turned  unto  other  gods. 

17  Now  therefore  write  ye  this  song 
for  you,  and  teach  it  the  children  of 
Israel:   put  it  in  their  mouths,  that 
this  song  may  be  a  witness  for  me 
against  the  children  of  Israel. 

18  For  when  I  shall  have  brought 
them  into  the  land   which  I   sware 
unto  their  fathers,  that  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey  ;   and  they  shall  have 
eaten  and  filled  themselves,  and  waxen 


CHAPTER  XXXII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


189 


fat;  then  will  they  turn  unto  other 
gods,  and  serve  them,  and  provoke 
me,  and  break  my  covenant. 

19  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
many  evils  and  troubles  have  befallen 
them,    that   this    song   shall    testify 
against  them  as  a  witness ;  for  it  shall 
not  be  forgotten  out  of  the  mouths  of 
their  children :   for  I  know  their  imag- 
ination which  they  go  about,  even  now, 
before  I  have  brought  them  into  the 
land  which  I  sware. 

20  Moses  therefore  wrote  this  song 
the  same  day,  and  taught  it  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

21  And  he  gave  Joshua  the  son  of 
Nun  a  charge,  and  said,   Be  strong 
and  of  a  good  courage :  for  thou  shalt 
bring  the  children  of  Israel  into  the 
land  which  I  sware  unto  them :  and  I 
will  be  with  thee. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
had  made  an  end  of  writing  the  words 
of  this  law  in  a  book,  until  they  were 
finished, 

23  That  Moses  commanded  the  Le- 
vites,  which  bore  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  LORD,  saying, 

24  Take  this  book  of  the  law,  and 
put  it  in  the  side  of  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  LORD  your  G-od,  that 
it  may  be  there  for  a  witness  against 
thee. 

25  For  I  know  thy  rebellion,   and 
thy  stiff  neck:    behold,   while  I  am 
yet  alive  with  you  this  day,  ye  have 
been   rebellious   against   the    LORD; 
and  how  much  more  after  my  death? 

26  Gather  unto  me  all  the  elders  of 
your  tribes,  and  your  officers,  that  I 
may  speak  these  words  in  their  ears, 
and  call  heaven  and  earth  to  record 
against  them. 

27  For  I  know  that  after  my  death 
ye  will  utterly  corrupt  yourselves,  and 


turn  aside  from  the  way  which  I  have 
commanded  you ;  and  evil  will  befall 
you  in  the  latter  days ;  because  ye  will 
do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  LORD,  to 
provoke  him  to  anger  through  the 
work  of  your  hands. 

28  And  Moses  spoke  in  the  ears  of 
all  the  congregation  of  Israel  the 
words  of  this  song,  until  they  were 
ended. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

HEAR,  ye  heavens!.  I  will  speak, 
listen,  0  earth,  to  the  words  of  my 

month! 

My  teaching  shall  drop  as  the  rain, 
my  speech  shall  distill  as  the  dew; 
as  the  showers  tipon  the  green  herb, 
as  the  torrents  upon  the  grass. 
For  the  name  of  the   LORD  I  pro- 
claim ; 

ascribe  ye  greatness  unto  our  God. 
He  is  the  Rock,  his  work  is  perfect, 
for  all  his  ways  are  justice; 
a  faithful  God,  without  iniquity, 
just  and  upright  is  he. 
5  Their  corruption  is  not  his  fault: 
the  stain  is  on  his  children — 
a  perverse  and  deceitfur  generation! 
Do  ye  thus  requite  the  LORD, 
O  foolish  and  unwise  people  ? 
Is  he  not  thy  Father,  thy  Master, 
thy  Maker  who  established  thee  ? 
Remember  the  days  of  old, 
consider  the  years  of  past  genera- 
tions: 

ask  thy  father,  he  will  teach  thee, 
thy  elders,  they  will  tell  thee. 
When  the  Highest   established  the 

nations, 
when  he  apportioned  the   sons   of 

man, 

he  set  the  bounds  of  the  people 
by  the  number  of  the  children  of 

Israel. 
For  the  portion  of  the  LORD  is  his 


Jacob  is  the  lot  of  his  inheritance. 
10  He  found  him  in  the  desert  land, 
in  the  wilderness'  howling  waste; 
he   surrounded  him,   he   cared  for 

him, 
he  kept  him  as  the  pupil  of  the  eye. 


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DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XXXII. 


As  an  eagle  watcheth  her  nest, 

fluttereth  over  her  young  ones, 

spreadetb   out    her    wings,    taketh 
them, 

bearing  them  aloft  upon  her  wings; 

So  the  LORD  alone  led  his  people, 

and  there  was  no  strange  god  with 
him. 

He  let  him  ascend  the  heights  of  the 
earth, 

and  enjoy  the  increase  of  the  fields, 

made  him  suck  honey  out  of  the 
rock, 

and  oil  out  of  the  hard  flint; 

Butter  of  kine,  and  milk  of  sheep, 

fat    lambs,    and  rams  of   Bashan's 
breed, 

and     goats    with    the     marrow     of 
choicest  wheat, 

thou   drankest  the   pure   blood    of 

grapes. 

15  But     Jeshurun     waxed     fat,      and 
kicked: 

— thou  hast  grown  fat,  and  thick, 
and  oppulent — 

then  he  forsook  the  God,  his  Creator, 

and  despised  the  Bock  of  his  salva- 
tion. 

They   provoked   him   with   strange 
gods, 

they   made   him   wroth   with   their 
•   abominations. 

They  sacrificed   unto   devils  —  no- 
gods — 

unto  gods  they  knew  not,  that  came 
newly  up, 

whom  your  fathers  did  not  fear. 

Thou  thoughtest  not  of  the  Bock 
that  bore  thee, 

and  forgotest  the  God  that  formed 
thee. 

And  the  LOBD  saw  it  and  was  wroth, 

provoked  by  his  sons  and  his  daugh- 
ters: 

20  Saying,    I  will  hide  my  face  from 
them, 

I  will  see  what  their  end  shall  be; 

for  they  are  a  perverse  generation, 

children  in  whom  there  is  no  faith. 

They  have  vexed  me  with  their  idols, 

they  provoked  me  with  their  vani- 
ties; 

I  shall  vex  them    with    unworthy 
people, 

with  a  stupid  mob  will  I  provoke 
them. 


For  the  tire  of  mine  anger  is  kindled, 

it  shall  burn  unto  the  nethermost 
depth, 

and  consume  the  earth  and  her  in- 
crease, 

and  inflame  the  foundation  of  moun- 
tains. 

I  will  heap  upon  them  misfortunes, 

and  spend   all   mine  arrows   upon 
them. 

Burning  hunger  and  scorching  heat, 

and  ravishing  diseases, 

the  wild   beasts'   teeth  I  will  send 
against  them, 

with  the  poison  of  dust-licking  ser- 
pents. 
25  The  sword  without,  terror  within, 

shall  destroy  both  young  man  and 
maiden, 

the  suckling  and   the   gray  haired 
man. 

I  said,  I  will  destroy  them, 

I  will  erase  their  memory  from  men: 

If  not  the  enemy's  wrath  I  feared, 

lest  their  adversary  boast, 

lest  they  say,   Our  hand  hath  tri- 
umphed, 

and  not  the  LOBD  hath  accomplished 
all  this. 

For  it  is  a  nation  of  evil  counsel, 

neither  have  they  understanding. 

Oh  that  they  were  wise  and  noticed 
this: 

they  would  consider  their  latter  end. 
30  How  should  one  chase  a  thousand, 

and  two  put  ten  thousand  to  flight, 

unless  their  Bock  had  sold  them, 

and  the  LOKD  delivered  them  up? 

For  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Bock — 

let  even  our  enemies  be  judges. 

Their  vine  is  of  Sodom's  vine, 

and  of  the  fields  of  Gomorrah ; 

their  grapes  are  grapes  of  gall, 

they  bear  poisonous  clusters; 

their  wine  is  made  of  dragons'  rage, 

and  of  the  cruel  venom  of  asps. 

It  is  hidden  in  my  counsel, 

sealed  up  in  my  treasures: 
35  Mine  is  vengeance  and  recompense, 

at  the   time  when   their   foot  shall 
slide ; 

for  nigh  is  the  day  of  their  calamity, 

their  future  hasteth  upon  them. 

When    the    LOKD    will    judge    his 
people, 

and  will  be  mindful  of  his  servants ; 


CHAPTER  XXXIII. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


191 


when  he  seeth  that  their  power  is 
gone 

and  no  fortress  or  remnant  left  them : 

Then  he  will  say,  Where  are  their 
gods? 

their  rock  in  whom  they  trusted  ? 

Who  ate  the  fat  of  their  sacrifices, 

and  drank  the  wine  of  their  drink 
offerings ; 

let  them  rise  and  help  you; 

let  them  be  your  protection. 

See  now  that  I,   even  I  alone,  am 
God, 

and  there  is  no  God  beside  me, 

I  cause  death  and  life, 

I  wound  and  I  heal, 

and  none  can   deliver  out    of    my 

hand. 
40  I  lift  up  my  hand  to  heaven, 

saying,  As  I  am  the  Everliving! 

When  I  will  whet  my  glittering  sword 

and  my  hand  take  hold   on  judg- 
ment : 

I  will  render  vengeance  to  mine  en- 
emies, 

anjl  recompense  to  those  who  hate 
me. 

I  will  make  mine  arrows  drunk  with 
blood, 

my  sword  shall  devour  flesh; 

with  the  blood  of  the  slain  and  the 
captives, 

and  the  uncovered  skulls  of  the  en- 
emy. 

Rejoice,  O  ye  nations,  with  his  peo- 
ple; 

for  he  will  avenge  the  blood  of  his 
servants, 

and  render  vengeance  to  his  foes; 

and  is  reconciled  with  the  land  and 
the  people. 

44  And  Moses  came  and  spoke  all 
the  words  of  this  song  in  the  ears  of 
the  people,  he,  and  Hoshea  the  son 
of  Nun. 

45  And  Moses  made  an  end  of  speak- 
ing all  these  words  to  all  Israel : 

46  And  he  said  unto  them,  Set  your 
hearts  unto  all  the  words  which  I  tes- 
tify among  you  this  day,  which  ye 
shall  command  your  children  to  observe 
to  do,  all  the  words  of  this  law. 

47  For  it  is  not  a  vain  thing  for 


you;  because  it  is  your  life:  and 
through  this  thing  ye  shall  prolong 
your  days  in  the  land,  whither  ye  go 
over  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

48  And  the  LORD  spake  unto  Moses 
that  selfsame  day,  saying, 

49  Get  thee  up  into  this  mountain 
Abarim,  unto  mount  Nebo,  which  is 
in   the    land   of   Moab,   that  is  over 
against  Jericho  ;    and  behold  the  land 
of  Canaan,  which  I  give  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  for  a  possession : 

50  And  die  in  the  mount  whither 
thou  goest  up,  and  be  gathered  unto 
thy  people ;  as  Aaron  thy  brother  died 
in  mount  Hor,  and  was  gathered  unto 
his  people : 

51  Because  ye  trespassed  against  me 
among  the  children  of  Israel  at  the 
waters   of  Meribath-Kadesh,    in  the 
wilderness  of  Zin ;  because  ye  sancti- 
fied me  not  in  the  midst  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

52  Yet  thou  shalt  see  the  land  be- 
fore  thee ;    but  thou   shalt   not   go 
thither  unto  the  land  which  I  give  the 
children  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

'J'HIS   is   the   blessing   with  which 
Moses,  the  man  of  God,  blessed 
the  children  of  Israel  before  his  death, 
saying  : 

The  Eternal  came  from  Sinai, 
rose  in  light  from  Seir  to  them  ; 
he  shone  forth  from  mount  Paran, 
and     advanced      from      Meribath- 
Kadesh  ; 
from  his  right  hand  fire  flamed  for 

them. 

He  loved  the  tribes — 
all  the  saints  were  in  thy  hand  ; 
they  lay  at  thy  feet, 
received  thy  words. 
Moses  commanded  us  a  law, 
the  inheritance  of  the  congregation 

of  Jacob. 
5  He  was  king  in  Jeshurun, 


192 


DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  XXXIII. 


when    the    heads    of    the     people 

assembled, 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

Let  Reuben  live  and  not  die, 
nor  his  men  be  few. 

Hear,  O  LORD  Simeon's  voice,*) 
and  bring  him  to  his  people. 

Thy  Truth-and-Light 
is  with  Levi,  thy  pious  man, 
whom  thou  didst  prove  at  Massah, 
with    whom    thou    strovest  at  the 

waters  of  Meribah  ; 
who  saith    of    his   father  and   his 

mother, 

'I  have  not  seen  them' ; 
who  recognizeth  not  his  brothers, 
and  knoweth  not  his  sons — 
for  they  keep  thy  word, 
and  guard  thy  covenant. 
10  They  teach  Jacob  thy  judgments, 
Israel  thy  law  ; 

they  place  incense  before  thee 
burnt  whole  sacrifice   upon    thine 

altar. 
Judah  with  his  hands  fighteth  for 

himself, 

and  thou  aidest  him  against  his  foes  ; 
bless  his  power,  0  Eternal, 
favor  the  work  of  his  hands  ; 
crush  the  loins  of  his  adversaries 
of  all  who  hate  him,  that  they  rise 

not  again. 

Benjamin,  the  beloved  of  LORD, 
dwelleth  in  safety ; 
he  screen eth  him  all  day, 
and  resteth  between  his  shoulders. 
Joseph's  land   is   blessed   of  the 

LOBD, 
for  the  precious  things  of  heaven 

above, 

and  of  the  deep  spread  out  below, 
for  the  precious  products  of  the  sun, 
and  the  precious   products   of  the 

moon ; 

15  For    things    from   the   summits   of 
primeval    mountains, 
and  the  precious  things  of  everlast- 
ing hills ; 
for  the  precious  things  of  the  earth 

and  its  fullness 
and  the  favor  of  him  who  appeared 

in  the  bush — 
all  this  shall  come  upon  Joseph's 
head, 

*)    Amended  version  according  to  Heil- 
prin:  Historical  poetry  of  the  Hebrews. 


upon  the  head  of  the  crowned  one 

among  his  brethren. 
His  firstborn  bullock  is  excellent; 
the  wild  buffalo's  horns  are  his  ; 
with  them  he  thrusteth  the  nations, 
all  the  ends  of  the  earth. — 
Such  are  the  myriads  of  Ephraim, 
such  the  thousands  of  Manasseh. 
Rejoice,  O  Zebulun,  in  thy  going 

out, 

and  thou,  0  Issachar,  in  thy  tents. 
They  call  tribes  to  the  mountain, 
and  offer  there  sacrifices  of  right- 
eousness ; 
for  they  gather  the  abundance  of 

the  seas 
and  the  treasures  hid  in  the  sand 

20      Praised  be  he  who  enlarges  Gad; 
he  dwelleth  like  a  lioness, 
and  teareth  arm  and  crown  of  head. 
He  selected  a  first  part  for  himself, 
where  the  field  of  the  hidden  law- 
giver lieth; 
and   marched   at  the   head   of    the 

people, 

achieving  the  LORD'S  victory, 
and  his  judgments  for  Israel. 

Dan  is  a  lion's  whelp, 
such  as  leap  forth  from  Bashan. 

Naphtali  is  satisfied  with  favor, 
full  of  the  blessings  of  the  LORD 
sea  and  southland  conquer  thou. 

Blessed  above  other  sons  is.Asher, 
favored  among  his  brethren — 
he  batheth  his  foot  in  mil. 

25  Iron  and  brass  is  thy  bolt, 

and  long  as  the  days  is  thy  peace. 
There  is  none  like   God,   O  Je- 

shurun, 
who  rideth  on  the  heavens  to  aid 

thee, 

in  triumph  above  the  clouds. 
A  refuge  is  the  God  of  old, 
a  resting  place  are  the  everlasting 

arms. 

He  chased  the  foe  before  thee, 
and  said,  "Destroy!" 
And  Israel  dwelleth  in  safety, 
undisturbed  is  Jacob's  fountain  ; 
in  a  land  of  corn  and  wine 
which  the  heavens  bedew. 
Happy  art  thou,  O  Israel ; 
who  is  like  thee, 
O  people    victorious    through    the 

LORD? 


CHAPTER  XXXIV. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


193 


He  is  thy  shield  of  help, 

thy  sword  of  triumph. 

Thy  enemies  cringe  before  thee, 

and  thou  treadest  on  their  heights. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

A  ND  Moses  went  up  from  the  plains 
of  Moab  unto  the  mountain  of 
Nebo,  to  the  top  of  Pisgah,  that  is 
over  against  Jericho:  and  the  LORD 
shewed  him  all  the  land  of  Gilead, 
unto  Dan, 

2  And  all  Naphtali  and  the  land  of 
Ephraim,  and  Manasseh,  and  all  the 
land  of  Judah,  unto  the  utmost  sea, 

3  And  the  south,  and  the  plain  of 
the  valley  of  Jericho,  the  city  of  palm 
trees,  unto  Zoar. 

4  And   the   LORD    said    unto  him, 
This  is  the  land  which  I  sware  unto 
Abraham,  unto  Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob, 
saying,  I  will  give  it  unto  thy  chil- 
dren :  I  have  caused  thee  to  see  it  with 
thine  eyes,  but  thou  shalt  not  go  over 
thither. 

5  So  Moses  the  servant  of  the  LORD 
died  there  in  the  land  of  Moab,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  LORD. 

6  And  he  buried  him  in  a  valley  in 


the  land  of  Moab,  over  against  Beth- 
peor:  but  no  man  knoweth  of  his 
sepulchre  unto  this  day. 

7  And  Moses  was  a  hundred  and 
twenty  years  old  when  he  died:   his 
eye  was  not  dim,  nor  his  natural  force 
abated. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  wept 
for  Moses  in  the  plains  of  Moab  thirty 
days:    so   the  days  of   weeping -and 
mourning  were  ended. 

9  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  was 
full  of  the  spirit  of  wisdom  ;  for  Moses 
had  laid  his  hands  upon  him :  and  the 
children  of  Israel  hearkened  unto  him, 
and    did    as   the   LORD   commanded 
Moses. 

10  And  there  arose  not  a  prophet 
since  in  Israel  like  unto  Moses,  whom 
the  LORD  knew  face  to  face, 

11  In  all  the  signs  and  the  wonders 
which  the  LORD  sent  him  to  do  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  to  Pharaoh,  and  to  all 
his  servants,  and  to  all  his  land, 

12  And  in  all  that  mighty  hand,  and 
in  all  the  great  power  which  Moses 
shewed  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel. 


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